Can an accused withdraw a guilty plea?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v Henneberry, 2017 NSCA 71 (CanLII):
Before sentence is passed, a trial judge has a discretion to permit an accused to withdraw a guilty plea (see, for example, Thibodeau v. The Queen, 1955 CanLII 57 (SCC), [1955] S.C.R. 646).
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