Should a district court grant a pre-sentencing motion to withdraw a guilty plea if that plea was made without full knowledge of its consequences?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Petitioner Keon Lee pled guilty to offenses relating to a fentanylrelated death involving what Lee believed was cocaine. When he pled guilty during the second day of his trial, Lee did not know that he was giving up his appellate rights. Once he learned that he had lost those rights, Lee attempted to withdraw his plea. Applying the Sixth Circuit’s seven-part inquiry for determining whether there was a “fair and just reason” to permit withdrawal—and doing so in a way that made it impossible for Lee to succeed—the district court denied Lee’s request and sentenced him to four decades in prison. The Sixth Circuit affirmed. The questions presented is thus: Should a district court grant a pre-sentencing motion to withdraw a guilty plea if that plea was made without full knowledge of its consequences? PARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS Keon Lee and the United States of America are the only parties to this proceeding and the proceedings before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.