Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

change of plea

was coerced by my co defendent to take the blame for a lot of pot and was given alternative sentencing which i failed,is it jpossible to change my plea once ive been sentenced


Asked on 3/09/00, 9:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law

Re: change of plea

Once a guilty plea is entered it is difficult to get it set aside.

If you can convince the judge that you plead guilty because of coercion then the plea will be set aside. The difficulty is convincing the judge that you were coerced into pleading quilty.

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Answered on 4/06/00, 1:58 am


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