Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It is within the sound judicial discretion of the trial court to deny the withdrawal of a plea of guilty. Before refusal can be reversible error, an abuse of this judicial discretion must be shown. Trial judges are vested necessarily with a wide discretion in passing upon such motions, in the control of their dockets, and the administration of cases before the court. However, there is another equally important aspect of this question, which was defined in the leading case of Deloach v. State, 77 Miss. 691 , 27 So. 618 (1900), in this way: “ * * * the defendant should be permitted to withdraw his plea of guilty, when unadvisedly given, where any reasonable ground is offered for going to the jury. This is a matter within the discretion of the court, but a judicial discretion which should always be exercised in favor of innocence and liberty. All courts should so administer the law and construe the rules of practice as to secure a hearing upon the merits if possible.” See Lambert v. State, 245 Miss. 227 , 147 So.2d 480 (Miss.1962); Caves v. State, 244 Miss. 853 , 147 So.2d 632 (1962).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 235 So. 2d 712 - Debrow v. State