Lawyer's Guilty Plea Upheld

The Advocate reports that the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld Baton Rouge lawyer Nina Broyle's guilty plea and resulting prison term for lying about her role in an adoption scheme. The scheme paid pregnant Russian women to come to the United States and give up their babies. Broyle was sentenced to 33 months in prison, significantly more than she expected as a result of her plea bargain. The court, however, noted that "unfulfilled expectations of a lighter sentence do not constitute a fair and just reason for allowing withdrawal of a guilty plea."

Posted by AJR at August 13, 2003 09:44 AM