U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1950

Mitchell v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided January 19, 1950 · Waller, Borah, Russell

179 F.2d 305 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Leo L. Dubourg, New Orleans, La., for appellant., W. J. Fleniken, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Malcolm E. LaFargue, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

6 later published cases cite this decision.

Leonard Whaylon Smith v. United States (5th Cir. 1967)
Mike Georges v. United States (5th Cir. 1959)
Joe Delegal v. United States (5th Cir. 1959)
Edward Martin Newalk, Robert William Devay and Jerome Adolph Blumson v. United States (5th Cir. 1958)
B. B. Carter v. United States (5th Cir. 1955)
Mosely v. United States (5th Cir. 1953)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Whether or not appellant should have been permitted to withdraw her plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty was a matter that rested within the sound discretion of the trial Court, and, under the facts in this case, there appears to have been no abuse of that discretion. The judgment is, therefore,

Affirmed.

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