United States v. Eller, No. 19-1759 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The court held that defendant failed to meet his burden of establishing a fair and just grounds for withdrawal and thus the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying his motion. In this case, the plea hearing transcript belies any contention that defendant did not knowingly and voluntarily enter his plea, the record contained no evidence that defendant's medication had an effect on his competency, and the timing of defendant's attempted withdrawal was after the presentencing report was prepared.
Court Description: [Smith, Author, with Loken and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea as defendant failed to establish fair and just grounds for withdrawal.
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