Court Opinion

ID: 9468644
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:19:57.878284+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:58.396284
License: Public Domain

ROSS, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached in the majority opinion for the reasons stated therein. On remand, in addition to determining whether Crystal Unger’s plea was voluntary and whether she waived her right to separate counsel, I suggest the district court consider the propriety of accepting the guilty plea in light of the fact that at the plea change hearing both defendants appeared to maintain their innocence. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(f) requires the court to make such inquiry “as shall satisfy it that there is a factual basis for the plea.” See Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 261, 92 S.Ct. 495, 498, 30 L.Ed.2d 427 (1971).