California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Patterson, 2 Cal.5th 885, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 95, 391 P.3d 1169 (Cal. 2017):
At any time before judgment, or within six months after an order granting probation if entry of judgment is suspended, a trial court may permit a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea for "good cause shown." ( 1018.) "Mistake, ignorance or any other factor overcoming the exercise of free judgment is good cause for withdrawal of a guilty plea" under section 1018 (People v. Cruz (1974) 12 Cal.3d 562, 566, 116 Cal.Rptr. 242, 526 P.2d 250 (Cruz )), and section 1018 states that its provisions
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