In Re: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Betty Genale Thomas v. the State of Texas

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• recognizing that court's informing defendant of possible sentence cor- rects any earlier advice given by counsel
• holding that district court’s statements during Rule 11 plea hearing concerning defendant’s potential sentence, coupled with defendant’s acknowledgment at hearing that he understood this information, defeats claim that defendant’s counsel misinformed defendant of possible sentence
• stating that once a guilty plea is entered, there is “a strong presumption that the plea is final and binding”
• stating that properly conducted Rule 11 proceeding \raise[s] a strong presumption that the plea is final and binding.\
• stating that once a guilty plea is entered, there is “a strong presumption that the plea is final and binding”
• holding that if a defendant has a proper Rule 11 colloquy, any misapprehension by the defendant regarding the length of the sentence to be imposed is not a \fair and just\ reason to allow withdraw of a guilty plea under Fed. R. Crim. 32

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