United States v. Yang Chia Tien

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• reviewing for harmlessness where defendant raised a Rule 11 argument in a pro se motion to withdraw his plea in district court
• finding plain error because “there is a reasonable probability that [defendant] would not have entered the plea if [defendant’s] medications and comprehension had been properly examined”
• characterizing the lack of information as to the potential effects of medications a defendant had taken and whether those medications * could impact the defendant's understanding of the proceedings as a \critical omission\
• defendant unsuccessfully sought, to withdraw a plea within seven months of pleading guilty and prior to sentencing
• “[W]hen a court learns that a defendant is on medications, it must determine on the record that they are not interfering with the defendant’s understanding of the plea.”

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