Can You Withdraw A Guilty Plea?

Vacating Guilty Pleas
Revitt and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions [2006] EWHC
2266 (Admin)
Divisional Court
8 September 2006
Daily Law Notes Summary
A refusal to allow the withdrawal of an unequivocal plea of
guilty, made by a defendant who appreciated the elements of the
offence charged, did not breach that defendant’s right to be
presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.

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