Court Opinion

ID: 9459794
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Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:32:01.689766+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:20.525404
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OPINION ON REHEARING
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
The government’s petition for rehearing is granted.
The district court’s denial of Burton’s motion to vacate his conviction on a plea of guilty and to allow him to plead anew is affirmed.
I acknowledge that the majority opinion previously entered in this appeal, in which I joined, misconstrued Rule 11, F.R.Crim.P. as requiring the district court to be satisfied that there was a factual basis for a guilty plea at the time the plea was made, and without reliance upon any of the appellant’s admissions made to the presentence probation officer. As the government points out in its petition for rehearing, Rule 11 in pertinent part provides:
“The court shall not enter judgment upon a plea of guilty unless it is satisfied there is a factual basis for the plea.” (Italics supplied.)
And the advisory committee notes found at the end of Rule 11, F.R.Crim.P. say:
“The court shall satisfy itself, by inquiry of the defendant or the attorney for the government, or by examining the presentence report, or otherwise, that the conduct which the defendant admits constitutes the offense charged in the indictment or information or an offense included therein to which the defendant has peladed guilty. (Italics supplied.)
It seems clear, therefore, that Rule 11 requires the court to determine that there is a factual basis for a plea prior to entry of judgment and not just at the time the plea is accepted.
*1191While I agree that this court does have supervisory power over the district courts of this circuit, I do not agree with my brother Ely that this case warrants its exercise.
Except for its discussion of this court’s lack of supervisory power, with which I disagree, I concur in Judge Byrne’s opinion that the requirements of Rule 11 were met in this case.
Affirmed.