Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 1997No. 94-9387PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This ease turns directly upon application of the fundamental principle that to be constitutionally valid, a plea of guilty must be knowingly and voluntarily made. We hold that a guilty plea is not knowingly and voluntarily made when the defendant has been misinformed about the critical elements of the charged offense, even when that misinformation is the result of this Court’s erroneous prior interpretation of a criminal statute. More specifically, in light of Ratzlaf v. United States, 510 U.S. 135, 114 S.Ct. 655, 126 L.Ed.2d 615 (1994), which held that knowledge of…
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