Moussaoui motion to withdraw guilty plea [US DC]

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Moussaoui motion to withdraw guilty plea [US DC]

May 8, 2006 04:09:00 pm

Motion filed together with Affidavit by Zacarias Moussaoui to Withdraw Guilty Plea, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, May 8, 2006.

Excerpt:

As stated in the attached notarized affidavit from Moussaoui dated May 6, 2005, Moussaoui wishes to withdraw his guilt[y] plea because when he entered the plea, his "understanding of the American legal system was completely flawed." Affidavit at 8. "Because I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial," the Affidavit states, "even with Americans as jurors and that I can have the opportunity to prove that I did not have any knowledge of and was not a member of the plot to hijack planes and crash them into buildings on September 11, 2001, I wish to withdraw my guilty plea and ask the Court for a new trial to prove my innocence of the September 11 plot." Id. at 18.

Read the full text of Moussaoui's motion [PDF] and affidavit. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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