What is the burden of proving that a defendant's guilty plea was voluntary?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Murguia-Ochoa, No. 2:08-cr-0417 MCE KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2019):

The record establishes movant's guilty pleas were knowing and voluntary. Movant did not overcome his burden regarding the "strong presumption of verity" afforded his declarations as delineated above. Doe, 508 F.3d at 571; see also Davis v. United States, 417 U.S. at 346.

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