U.S. v. JAPA

No. 91-2118.

994 F.2d 899 (1993)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Frank JAPA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon R. Blakeney, Jr., Concord, NH, for appellant.

William F. Sinnott, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom A. John Pappalardo, U.S. Atty., Boston, MA, was on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 19, 1993.

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant-appellant, Frank Japa, seeks to vacate his plea of guilty because of alleged errors made by the district court during the change of plea hearing. Japa also claims that the district court erred during the sentencing hearing.

After an undercover operation, Japa and one José Puello were arrested for drug trafficking. A two...

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