United States v. Decaress Smith

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• concluding no error in accepting guilty plea where defendant “allude[s]” to a justification defense that “negates none of the offense elements”
• stating that “[t]he factual basis of the plea . . . need not be drawn directly from the defendant” and may be based on “answers provided by counsel for the defense and government”
• noting a 12 district court need not elicit detailed responses from the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).