A guilty plea entered deliberately on competent legal advice, where the accused signed a written acknowledgment of that advice, will not be permitted to be withdrawn where no rational defence can be identified and the integrity of the plea is not bona fide in question. The appellate court will only interfere with a refusal to permit withdrawal where House v The King error is demonstrated.
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