Accordingly, since appellants' 32(d) motions to withdraw their nolo pleas were made after sentencing, the only remaining question before this court is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to permit appellants to withdraw their nolo pleas despite their assertion of manifest injustice.See United States v. Shapiro, 222 F.2d 836 (7th Cir. 1955); United States v. Preston Trucking Co., 364 F. Supp. 515 (N.D.Ohio 1973). The mere fact that appellants' sentences were harsher than many of those brought to their attention by their attorneys does not evidence manifest injustice.
A plea of nolo contendere leaves open for review only the sufficiency of the Indictment. United States v. Preston Trucking Company, 364 F. Supp. 515 (N.D.Ohio 1973). It has never been suggested that the Indictment in this case was in any way defective and there clearly would be no basis for such an argument. Any claim on appeal that the sentence was too harsh would be plainly frivolous.