James Godwin v. United States

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• suggesting hypothetical bases that could provide a factual basis for the plea beyond the indictment and plea allo-cution
• reasoning that “reading of the indictment to the defendant coupled with his admission of the acts described in it [is] a sufficient factual basis for a guilty plea, as long as the charge is uncomplicated, the indictment detailed and specific, and the admission unequivocal”
• “Although Rule 11 specifies only that the court must be ‘satisfied’ that the plea has a basis in fact, that factual basis must be developed on the record at the plea proceeding[.]”

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