Legal Opinion
United States v. Dominguez Benitez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 2004No. 03-167PublishedCited by 1,698 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
Respondent claims the right to withdraw his plea of guilty as a consequence of the District Court’s failure to give one of the warnings required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure-11. Because the claim of Rule 11 error was not preserved by timely objection, the plain-error standard of Rule 52(b) applies, with its requirement to prove effect on substantial rights. The question is what showing must thus be made to obtain relief for an unpreserved Rule 11 failing, and we hold that a defendant is obliged to show a reasonable probability that, but for the error, he would not have entered the…
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