United States v. Keith A. Ludwig, Also Known as Michael Oates

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• noting that a defendant who fails to present evidence to support his or her claim of innocence cannot overturn a denial of motion to withdraw a guilty plea on innocence grounds
• “a mere assertion of innocence, absent a substantial supporting record, will not be sufficient to overturn a denial of a motion to withdraw”
• “[E]ven if Ludwig misunderstood the application of the Guidelines to his sentence, this would not entitle him to withdraw his guilty pleas, as he was apprised of the possible range of punishment and told that the Guidelines would apply.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).