A plea of guilty entered after a sentence indication hearing, where the accused received careful legal advice and gave signed written instructions at each stage, will not be set aside on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations of duress or conspiracy, particularly where the appeal is brought over seven years late with no acceptable explanation for the delay.
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