FOXNEWS America Reports June 4, 2024 17:12:00
Questions and the whole reason for doing that is to make sure that there's two things. one, there's a factual basis for the plea, in other words, the government has to be able to establish that they could prove every element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. the defendant has to establish that he understands what he's accused of, these are the things that he did that meet the different elements of the offense to make him guilty, and that he's pleading guilty not only aware of what the charges are, but voluntarily, in other words, he's not under any pressure of any kind and there's no p...