United States v. Urias-Marrufo, 744 F.3d 361, 366 (5th Cir. Feb. 28, 2014) (To enter a knowing and voluntary guilty plea, the defendant must have a full understanding of what the plea connotes and of its consequence. (Footnote omitted.) The defendant must have notice of the nature of the charges against her, she must understand the consequences of her plea, and must understand the nature of the constitutional protections she is waiving. (Footnote omitted.) For a guilty plea to be voluntary, it must not be the product of actual or threatened physical harm, or ... mental coercion overbearing the will of the defendant or of state-induced emotions so intense that the defendant was rendered unable to weigh rationally his options with the help of counsel. (Footnote omitted.) The crux of Urias's argument is that she did not enter her guilty plea knowingly because she had ineffective assistance of counsel and was not sufficiently informed of the consequences of her plea. Thus, in Urias's view, she should have been allowed to withdraw her plea on direct appeal rather than wait until a collateral attack to do so, and the district court erred in not addressing it.) (emphasis in original).

 

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