United States v. Timothy L. Stewart

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• explaining that district court’s credibility finding was dispositive of motion to withdraw guilty plea where court credited defendant’s statements made at plea hearing
• statements made under oath when pleading guilty are conclusive, and the judge may reject without a hearing a defendant's later contention that his sworn statements were untrue
• “[A] defendant has no chance of success on appeal when the judge elects to treat freely given sworn statements as conclusive.”
• \[S]tatements made to a federal judge in open court are not trifles that defendants may elect to disregard.\
• \[S]tatements made to a federal judge in open court are not trifles that defendants may elect to disregard.\
• there is “no chance of success on appeal” when defendant later contradicts “freely given sworn statements” during plea hearing.

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