U.S. v. Morgan, No. 01-CR-45-B-S (D.Me.) (2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8909) (May 10, 2002) (Judge George Z. Singal)
Loaded on April 1, 2002
published in Punch and Jurists
April 22, 2002
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Withdrawal.
Here, based on the Supreme Court's decision in Ashcroft v. Free Speech, 122 S.Ct. 1389 (2002), the Court permitted a defendant who had pled guilty to child pornography crimes to withdraw his plea since he may have misunderstood the charges.
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