US v. Dunton
Case Date: 05/17/1995
Court: United States Court of Appeals
Docket No: 94-2223
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May 17, 1995 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT ____________________ No. 94-2223 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. RICHARD G. DUNTON, JR., Defendant, Appellant. ____________________ APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, U.S. District Judge] ___________________ ____________________ Before Torruella, Chief Judge, ___________ Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges. ______________ ____________________ David H. Bownes on brief for appellant. _______________ Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, and Jean B. Weld, ________________ ______________ Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee. ____________________ ____________________ Per Curiam. We have reviewed the parties' briefs and __________ the record on appeal. We affirm the denial of appellant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, essentially for the reasons stated in the district court's order of August 22, 1994. We add only the following. There was no error in the district court's declining to receive the testimony of appellant's co-defendant, Robin Greenan, at the hearing on the motion to withdraw the guilty plea. Greenan's counsel stated that Greenan would invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Greenan, herself, signed an affidavit stating her intention to invoke that right. The information that Greenan allegedly could offer to bolster appellant's claim of innocence had already been provided through the testimony of appellant's former counsel. In these circumstances, the district court did not abuse its discretion in deciding not to put Ms. Greenan on the stand for the purpose of invoking her Fifth Amendment right and in concluding that the proffered information would be cumulative. The joint motion to submit this appeal on briefs without oral argument is granted. The judgment of the district court is affirmed. Loc. R. _________ 27.1. |