United States v. Melvinisha Brown

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that evidence was not material in part because it showed only “the possibility of an alibi defense” rather than “demonstat[ing] the [the petitioner] had an alibi”
• noting that the simple 9 assertion of the “possibility of an alibi defense . . . does not demonstrate that [appellant] had an alibi. The mere fact that [appellant] maintained that he had an alibi does not mean that one existed”
• affirming refusal of permission to withdraw the guilty plea where the defendant failed to present any evidence that she did not commit the crime
• stating that “[a] shift in defense tactics, a change of mind, or the fear of punishment are not adequate reasons to impose on the government the expense, difficulty, and risk of trying a defendant who has already acknowledged his guilt by pleading guilty” (emphasis added)
• “Assertions of innocence must be buttressed by facts in the record that support a claimed defense.” (quoting United States v. Salgado-Ocampo, 159 F.3d 322, 326 (7th Cir. 1998))
• “In assessing a defendant’s claim of ‘legal innocence’ for purposes of withdrawal of a guilty plea, we must first examine whether the defendant has asserted his or her factual innocence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).