U.S. v. Brown, No. 94-9387 (11th Cir.) (117 F.3d 471) (July 21, 1997) (Judge Edward E. Carnes)
Loaded on Aug. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
August 11, 1997
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Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
In this money structuring case the court held that a guilty plea plea entered before the Supreme Court's decision in Ratzlaf v. U.S., 510 U.S. 135 (1994) was not knowingly and voluntarily made when the defedant was misinformed about the critical elements of the charged offense, even if that …
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