Asked in Criminal Law for Arkansas

Q: My question is can a guilty plea be overturned because the person felt that he was forced to take a guilty plea

My son was charged with third degree to sexual assault on his neice the attorney he had at the time they fired her my son has been in there 7 years now and my granddaughter which is his niece has told a new family member that her mother force her lie about her uncle that if she didn't her mother was going to beat her because her mother has three daughters by both of my sons and that was her way keeping my oldest son away from his daughter and his neice's I was told by his attorney there were new evidence but his ex-wife called me convincing me that he did do that which she also Lie later when I did speak to my son he told me they were going to put my granddaughter's mother in jail because she wrote my son saying that she was touching her own daughter is there anyway his case can be overturned and he can be set free as a mother I feel bad for not standing up for my son well I know he would not have done that sincerely

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W. Whitfield Hyman
W. Whitfield Hyman
Answered
  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Fayetteville, AR
  • Licensed in Arkansas

A: Yes it is possible. It is best if you learned about this stuff after the plea, call attorney Michael Kaiser in Little Rock he does this kind of work.

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