Springs v. United States

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• noting, however, that the trial judge “should not attempt to decide the merits of any defense put forward[ ]”
• affirming trial judge’s denial of presentence motion to withdraw plea where appellant claimed that he had not been in the “right frame of mind” and made what was virtually a bald assertion of innocence
• affirming trial judge's denial of presentence motion to withdraw plea where appellant claimed that he had not been in the \right frame of mind\ and made what was virtually a bald assertion of innocence
• allowing the judge to reject the claim of innocence because “[t]he government’s proffer together with appellant’s sworn statements made at the time of the pleas provided a factual context which overwhelms appellant’s lame and unsupported claims of non-culpability”

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