Sam Yonga v. State

How courts have described this case

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• determining that writs of actual innocence were not available to challenge a conviction based upon a guilty plea
• comparing a motion under Rule 4-331(c) and a petition under CP § 8-301 and concluding that only the latter requires a showing of actual innocence
• “If a guilty plea is both voluntary and knowing, it will not be invalidated by proof of actual innocence.”
• The “thrust of the writ” and the “substantive object that has to be asserted and then supported by an adequate show of proof’ is actual innocence.
• “A mistaken guess about the admissibility of a confession will not invalidate a guilty plea.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).