Court Opinion

ID: 9456530
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Date Created: 2023-08-04 19:55:42.907083+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:00.759239
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On Petitions for Rehearing
PER CURIAM:
On October 13, 1970, we affirmed the conviction of appellant Stanley Garelle for conspiracy to violate 21 U.S.C. § 176a. However, we remanded Garelle’s case for resentencing because we believed that he had been improperly sentenced as a second offender under the federal narcotics laws, finding that a prior conviction under 26 U.S.C. § 4755(a)(1) was vitiated by the principles announced in Leary v. United States, 395 U.S. 6, 89 S.Ct. 1532, 23 L.Ed.2d 57 (1969).
Both the Government and Garelle have petitioned this panel for a rehearing. We deny Garelle’s petition but grant that of the United States and, upon rehearing, modify our previous order. The Government in its petition for the first time suggests that particular facts concerning Garelle’s January 4, 1966, guilty plea to the earlier narcotics conviction will show that he in fact knowingly and willingly waived his right to raise a defense of self-incrimination. Accordingly, Garelle’s case is remanded for a hearing in the district court to determine whether there was in fact a waiver of that right. If the District Judge finds a waiver, then there will be no need for resentencing. If no waiver occurred then the District Judge will resentence Garelle as provided for in the earlier opinion.