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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