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U.S. v. Burney, No. 95-2686 (8th Cir.) (75 F.3d 442) (February 7, 1996) (Judge Floyd R. Gibson)

Case held that defendant's misapprehension of the application of the Guidelines is not a fair and just reason to withdraw a plea.

This case involves one of the great legal fictions about sentencing. The law says that a guilty plea is not valid unless it was made both "knowingly" and ...

 

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