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U.S. v. COTAL-CRESPO

Nos. 94-1354 to 94-1356.

47 F.3d 1 (1995)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Jose Ramon COTAL-CRESPO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Antonio DE JESUS-DE JESUS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Ivan RODRIGUEZ-BOCACHICA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Brill, with whom Benicio Sánchez-Rivera, Federal Public Defender, Carlos A. Vázquez-Alvarez, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Old San Juan, PR, and Mariangela Tirado, Hato Rey, PR, were on joint brief, for appellants.

Warren Vázquez, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Acting U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, PR, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

The issue to be decided in this appeal is whether the district court complied with the procedural safeguards mandated by Criminal Rule 11 prior to accepting the three defendants' guilty pleas. We conclude that the plea hearing conducted by the district court, while perhaps somewhat less than ideal, adequately met the requirements of Rule 11. We therefore affirm.

BACKGROUND

On February 17, 1993, a federal grand jury in Puerto...

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