Supreme Court· 5/27/1997

United States v. Hyde

Citations

520 U.S. 670
117 S. Ct. 1630
137 L. Ed. 2d 935
1997 U.S. LEXIS 3253

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holding that a guilty plea represents an admission by the defendant that “he actually committed the crimes,” and that “he is pleading guilty because he is guilty”
holding that a guilty plea represents an admission by the defendant that “he actually committed the crimes,” and that “he is pleading guilty because he is guilty”
holding that plea and plea agreement need not be accepted or rejected as a single unit; “guilty pleas can be accepted while plea agreements are deferred, and the acceptance of the two can be separated in time.”
noting that the withdrawal of a plea without sufficient cause “would degrade the otherwise serious act of pleading guilty into something akin to a move in a game of chess”
holding – under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(e), since replaced by Rule 11(d)(2
concluding based on similar provisions in federal Rule 11 that “[g]uilty pleas can be accepted while plea agreements are deferred, and the acceptance of the two can be separated in time.”

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Judges: Rehnquist

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