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· 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

How courts have described this case

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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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