U.S. v. DAWSON

No. 98-16625.

193 F.3d 1107 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ridge Harvey DAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy O'Toole and John C. Lambrose, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the defendant-appellant.

Walter L. Ayers, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FLETCHER and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and WALTER, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge SILVERMAN; Dissent by Judge FLETCHER.

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

In 1977, in the course of accepting a guilty plea to robbery of a federal credit union, a district judge neglected to inform petitioner of his right to confrontation and his privilege against self-incrimination. Petitioner was sentenced to prison and long since served his time. Twenty years later, because the 1977 conviction was being used to enhance petitioner's sentence on new...

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