LEE

v.

SMYTH, SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Domenica v. United States, 292 F.2d 483 (1st Cir. 1961)
  …coercion.” Mere prediction by counsel of the court’s likely attitude on sentence, short of some implication of an agreement or understanding, is not ground for attacking a plea. Floyd v. United States, 5 Cir., 1958, 260 F. 2d 910, certiorari denied 359 U.S. 947, 79 S.Ct. 728, 3 L.Ed.2d 680. Nor, generally, is other advice, simply because it turns out poorly. Cf. Diggs v. Welch, 1945, 80 U.S.App.D.C. 5, 148 F. 2d 667, certiorari denied 325 U.S. 889, 65 S.Ct. 1576, 89 L.Ed. 2002; Adams v. United States, 1955…
• Kent v. United States, 272 F.2d 795 (1st Cir. 1959)
  …is plea, so that the confession was not “used,” citing United States v. Sturm, 7 Cir., 1950, 180 F. 2d 413, certiorari denied 339 U.S. 986, 70 S.Ct. 1008, 94 L.Ed. 1388, and Hall v. United States, 8 Cir., 1958, 259 F. 2d 430, certiorari denied 1959, 359 U.S. 947, 79 S.Ct. 728, 3 L.Ed.2d 680. We do not need to pass here upon the overtones this may suggest, because we at least agree with the government that if petitioner’s plea was made following a voluntary confession, the mere fact that this confession was…
• Watts v. United States, 278 F.2d 247 (D.C. Cir. 1960)
  …could thereafter stand, while on the other hand a jury could convict if other valid evidence sustained the charge. United States v. Morin, 3 Cir., 1959, 265 F. 2d 241. See Hall v. United States, 8 Cir., 1958, 259 F. 2d 430, certiorari denied, 1959, 359 U.S. 947, 79 S. Ct. 728, 3 L.Ed.2d 680; Brown v. United States, 5 Cir., 1953, 204 F. 2d 298, certiorari denied, 1954, 346 U.S. 925, 74 S. Ct. 314, 98 L.Ed. 418. We refuse to sanction such a paradox. We have carefully examined appellant’s other contentions a…