· 2/23/1981
United States v. Lucius McKoy
Citations
- 645 F.2d 1037
- 207 U.S. App. D.C. 112
- 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 19987
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- defendant must offer tenable explanation for about-face on acknowledgment of guilt or guilty pleas would be reversible at whim of defendant
- defendant’s lack of “tenable explanation” for his failure to raise possibility of insanity defense prior to plea withdrawal hearing weighs against him in consideration of assertion of innocence factor
- defendant's lack of \tenable explanation\ for his failure to raise possibility of insanity defense prior to plea withdrawal hearing weighs against him in consideration of assertion of innocence factor
- withdrawal motion filed five weeks after plea not a swift attempt at retraction
- withdrawal motion filed five weeks after plea not a swift attempt at retraction
- withdrawal motion filed five weeks after plea not a swift attempt at retraction
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Judges: MacKinnon, Wilkey, Ginsburg
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