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· 6/30/1933

Crist v. White

Citations

  • 66 F.2d 795
  • 62 App. D.C. 269
  • 1933 U.S. App. LEXIS 2779

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding in the context of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea “[a] defendant’s bald statements that simply contradict what he said at his plea allocution are not sufficient grounds to withdraw the guilty plea”
  • rejecting facial challenge and holding that VICAR \satisfies the substantial effect requirement\ because it \incorporates a jurisdictional element requiring a nexus between the offense in question and interstate commerce\
  • a significant question as to voluntariness was required, the defendants having moved to withdraw their pleas on the ground that they had been pressured or forced to plead guilty
  • “A defendant’s bald statements that simply contradict what he said at his plea allocution are not sufficient grounds to withdraw the guilty plea.”
  • “A defendant’s bald statements that simply contradict what he said at his plea allocution are not sufficient grounds to withdraw the guilty plea.”
  • \The substantial effect requirement is satisfied when criminal statutes contain a jurisdictional element. . . .\

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Judges: Hitz

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