United States v. Edwin Abreu

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• “The district court retains some discretion to deny a withdrawal motion, even when the defendant asserts a plausible legal defense and the Government had suffered no prejudice”
• “[A] defendant’s fear that his counsel was not adequately prepared to try the case does not constitute an explanation requiring the district judge to permit him to withdraw his plea.”
• “A simple shift in tactics or change of heart is not an adequate reason to force the government to incur the expense, difficulty, and risk of trying a defendant who has already voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to a trial. More must be shown.”
• “A simple shift in tactics or change of heart is not an adequate reason to force the government to incur the expense, difficulty, and risk of trying a defendant who has already voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to a trial. More must be shown.”

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