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348 F.2d 451

Docket No. 9814.

United States v. Williams

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued June 4, 1965.

Decided June 21, 1965.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1965-06-21

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently April 1977

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1965-06-21

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¶1Robert L. Montague, III (Court-assigned counsel), Alexandria, Va., for appellant.

¶2William S. McLean, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert H. Cowen, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee. .

¶3Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and BARKS-DALE, District Judge.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5As we perceive no error in the trial or conviction of Marshall Brent Williams, Jr., we affirm the judgment from which he has appealed.

¶6The appellant seems to have believed that a defendant is not subject to another trial or a subsequent sentence if he succeeds in a request to withdraw a plea of guilty or on a motion to set aside a sentence. When the sentence alone (not the conviction) is defective, it will be corrected by another sentence. If there is a serious error of law or fact at trial, a new trial may be granted and a second sentence imposed if again the verdict finds guilt. Only if the record discloses the evidence legally insufficient to convict will the accused be entirely exonerated on appeal.

¶7Affirmed.

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