U.S. v. Hernandez, No. 99-50011 (5th Cir.) (234 F.3d 252) (November 20, 2000) (Per Curiam)
The court held that a plea was not rendered uninformed simply because the defendant was not told his state and federal sentences could run consecutively since to be intelligently made a defendant need only be told of the direct consequences of his plea.
While in state custody awaiting trial on ...
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