No Guilty Plea Withdrawal on Drug Charge 
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Published: December 19, 2012
Tags: Criminal, Judge Stephen R. McCullough, Virginia Court of Appeals
A trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to allow defendant to withdraw his guilty plea to a drug distribution charge, the Court of Appeals holds.
In exchange for defendant’s guilty plea, the prosecution agreed to nolle prosequi two firearm charges and to reduce the drug distribution charge from a third offense to a ...
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