Court Opinion

ID: 9468435
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:14:57.445161+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:52.225305
License: Public Domain

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent. I do not believe that this case is controlled by United States v. Timmreck, *703441 U.S. 780, 99 S.Ct. 2085, 60 L.Ed.2d 634 (1979), because the question whether a guilty plea is entered voluntarily and intelligently is not an issue which merely concerns compliance with the formalities of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. I believe that the transcripts at Owen’s arraignment raise substantial questions about his ability to enter a knowing and intelligent guilty plea, and I would remand this case for an evidentiary hearing on that issue. If the Government has been prejudiced by Owen’s delay in filing this action for post-conviction relief, it could present evidence on that issue at the evidentiary hearing. For these reasons, I would remand this case to the district court.