Legal Opinion
Bennett v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 25, 1999No. 95-CF-1178PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Senior Judge:
Gregory Bennett appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to second degree murder while armed, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-2403 (1981), which was filed before sentencing. On appeal, Bennett claims the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to withdraw his guilty plea where Bennett’s medical condition at the time of the plea precluded his entering the plea in a knowing and voluntary manner and where he had consistently asserted his innocence of the charges against *159him. Concluding that the trial judge did not abuse…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- United States v. BarkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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