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UNITED STATES v. VONN, ALPHONSO (20363)

    Order dated: 02/26/01
    Docket number: 00-973
    Action:
        The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

1. Whether a district court's failure to advise a counseled defendant at his guilty plea hearing that he has the right to the assistance of counsel at trial, as required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11©(3), is subject to plain -error, rather than harmless-error, review on appeal when the defendant fails to preserve the claim of error of error in the district court. 2. Whether, in determining if a defendant's substantial rights were affected by a district court's deviation from the requirements of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 ©(3), the court of appeals may review only the transcript of the guilty plea colloquy, or whether it may also consider other parts of the official record.

An opinion has been handed down: