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U.S. v. Amaya, No. 96-40572 (5th Cir.) (111 F.3d 386) (April 16, 1997) (Judge Robert M. Parker)

Loaded on May 1, 1997 published in Punch and Jurists May 26, 1997
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.

Case held If the guilty plea "is induced by deception, an unfulfillable promise, or misrepresentation to enter a plea of guilty", it is invalid because it is not voluntary.

Justice Lummus of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts once observed: "If all the defendants should combine to refuse to plead ...

 

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