United States v. Sharp

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The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea for drug-related offenses. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to withdraw because defendant failed to show that his counsel's advice was linked to an actual conflict of interest; defense counsel's advice concerning willful blindness was not deficient and did not prejudice defendant; the guilty plea rested on an adequate factual basis; and, because the evidence elicited at sentencing neither rehabilitated defendant's credibility nor undermined the evidence of his guilt, the district court did not plainly err in failing to reconsider the motion to withdraw the guilty plea sua sponte. View "United States v. Sharp" on Justia Law