A conviction following a plea of guilty will not be set aside where the applicant appreciated the nature of the charge, knew the factual basis of the prosecution case, and pleaded guilty on proper legal advice that the evidence was overwhelming, even where the applicant later claims involvement only in a different but related offence. Knowledge of the manufacturing process and scale of production is properly taken into account in sentencing for conspiracy to use counterfeit documents, as it goes to the scale of the conspiracy charged.
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