· 9/5/1973
United States v. Tyrone Gaskins
Citations
- 485 F.2d 1046
- 158 U.S. App. D.C. 267
- 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 8053
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “it is an abuse of discretion to refuse a guilty plea solely because the defendant does not admit the alleged facts of the crime”
- All three cases were decided by the U. S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
- refusal to accept guilty plea solely because defendant does not admit facts of crime is abuse of discretion
- guilty plea rejected because defendant refused to admit that he committed the crime
- guilty plea rejected because defendant refused to admit that he committed the crime
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Judges: Wright, Leventhal
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