United States v. Paul Clifford English
Opinion
Opinion
On April 5, 1968, defendant waived indictment and pleaded guilty to an information charging him with robbery of a federally insured institution in violation of 18 U.S.C. § .2113(a). The trial judge set April 29, 1968, as the date for sentencing.
On April 24, 1968, government counsel was informed by a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the defendant was implicated in three other bank robberies. This information was promptly relayed to defendant’s counsel and to the probation officer assigned to prepare a presentenee report. Defendant’s counsel requested and was granted two continuances in order to investigate these charges. The sentencing hearing was postponed to May 20, 1968.
At the May 20 sentencing hearing, defendant denied that he had committed the three additional robberies, and asked the court not to consider these offenses in imposing sentence. The court agreed. Defendant was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
On August 7, 1968, the grand jury returned an indictment charging defendant with the three additional bank robberies. Shortly thereafter, defendant executed and sent to the trial court a written confession admitting these robberies.