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U.S. v. PITINO

Nos. 89-5008, 89-5009.

887 F.2d 42 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Umberto PITINO, Defendant-Appellant. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Paul Martin (Arthur T. Ciccarello, Lewis, Ciccarello & Friedberg, Charleston, W.Va., L. Samuel Dockery, III, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr., U.S. Atty., Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POWELL, Associate Justice (Retired), United States Supreme Court, sitting by designation, and WIDENER and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The only issue presented by appellant is whether the district judge abused his discretion in refusing to allow appellant Umberto Pitino to withdraw his plea of guilty to a charge of conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Appellant has failed to show that he did not understand the full effect of his plea or that his plea was not voluntarily and knowingly entered. The record convinces us that Pitino's...

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