Appellant, James Herzog, appeals from an order of the district court 1 denying motions he made, pursuant to Rule 32(d), Fed. R.Crim.P., and 28 U.S.C. § 2255, requesting leave to withdraw pleas of guilty аnd nolo contendere, or, alternatively, requesting vacation of the judgments entered on those pleas. We affirm the order of the district court and deny appellant’s requested relief.
In November 1978 appellant, formerly a trustee in bankruptcy, was indicted and charged in separate counts with fourteen violations of 18 U.S.C. § 153, whiсh prohibits embezzlement by a trustee or officer. Appellant’s trial was set for March, 1979, approximately four months from the time the indictment was returned. During this four-month period appellant and the government engaged in plea negotiations and a plea agreement was reached.
The agreement provided that the government would dismiss Count 4 and Counts 6-14 of the indictment in return for appellant’s pleading nolo contendere to Count 1 and pleading guilty to Counts 2, 3 and 5. In addition, appellant agrеed to plead guilty to an information charging him with violating 18 U.S.C. § 154, which prohibits self-dealing by a trustee.
On March 12, 1979, the scheduled trial date, the parties appeared before the district court and disclosed their plea agreement. The district court accepted appellant’s pleas and entered an order dismissing Counts 7-14 of the indiсtment. On April 12, 1979, judgment was entered on appellant’s pleas, appellant was sentenced, and Counts 4 and 6 of the indictment were dismissed.
A defеndant is entitled to withdraw a guilty plea or nolo contendere plea if the trial court, in accepting the plea, failed to comply substantially with Rule 11, Fed.R. Crim.P.
See United States v. Cammisano,
the court should not enter a judgment upon [a guilty] plea without making such inquiry as shall satisfy it that there is a factual basis for the plea.
To establish a factual basis,
[a]n inquiry might be madе of the defendant, of the attorneys for the government and the defense, of the presentence report when one is available, or by whatever means is appropriate in a specific case.
Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules (1974 Amendment). “One example in the latter omnibus category would be the taking of testimony or consideration of documentary evidence.” 8 J. Moore, Moore’s Federal Practice 111.03[3], at 1173 (2d ed. 1978) (footnote omitted).
Appellant contends that the ritual followed by the trial court failed to comport with the requirements of Rule 11(f). In establishing this, appellant bears the burden of proof.
United States v. Becklean,
This is not a case where a plea was accepted after a limited inquiry of the defendant and upon the unsubstantiated assertions of an indictment.
Compare United States v. Cody,
The trial court’s procedures comported with the demands of Rule 11(f). It explored all rеasonably available fact sources, as well as material presented to it concerning appellant’s criminal intent. Sufficient evidence was presented to support the conclusion that appellant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
See Jackson v. Virginia,
As indicated, appellant also contends that the counts of thе indictment to which he entered pleas were multiplicious and, therefore, violative of his right not to be put more than once in jeopardy. More specifiсally, he notes that Count 1 charges misappropriation of monies in excess of $300,-000.00 between September, 1973 and June, 1978, and that each of Counts 2, 3 and 5 charges misaрpropriation of smaller amounts of money on different dates, each within the time period found in Count 1.
The district court found appellant’s multiplicity challenge mеritless. It stated
The district court also rejected appellant’s multiplicity challenge on grounds that it was precluded by his failure to raise the contention before entry of his pleas of guilty and nolо contendere. Cases from our circuit hold generally that a guilty plea waives all non jurisdictional defects, e.
g., Camp v. United States,
Rule 12(b)(2), Fed.R.Crim.P., requires that a complaint about the multiplicity of an indictment, and its inherent double jeopardy problems, be raised before trial. In the present circumstances, appellant’s failure to do so acted as a waiver of that complaint.
United States v. Sheehy,
Appellant raised his multiplicity complaint fоr the first time more than one year after entering his pleas. He raised this complaint by direct attack via Rule 32(d) and collateral attack via section 2255. Appellant had ample time prior to entering his pleas in which to scrutinize closely the charges in the indictment and determine if they were subject to objection. He chose not to challenge the indictment, but rather to negotiate for the dismissal of numerous counts in return for his pleas. Appellant’s reasons for initially pleading guilty and nоlo contendere to four counts of the indictment are as valid now as they were at the time the pleas were entered. The indictment to which appellant pleaded has not changed with the passage of time.
To permit appellant to now raise his double jeopardy complaint would thwart the orderly and еfficient administration of our criminal justice system, as well as make hollow the constraints imposed by Rule 12(b)(2).
[A] claim once waived pursuant to [Rule 12(b)(2)] may not later be resurrеcted, either in the criminal proceedings or in federal habeas, in the absence of the showing of “cause” which [Rule 12(f)] requires.
Davis v. United States,
We conclude that the judgment of the district court should be, and it is, affirmed.
Notes
. United States District Court for the District оf North Dakota, The Honorable Paul Benson, Chief Judge, presiding.
. A guilty plea alone may not always waive a claim of double jeopardy.
See Menna v. New York,
