The case applies the established framework from Kouroumalos for assessing applications to withdraw guilty pleas, confirming that where an applicant was present during a voir dire, heard the evidence against him, received competent legal advice, and had adequate time to decide, a sentencing judge is entitled to refuse leave to withdraw the pleas. An error by a sentencing judge in taking into account extraneous material from a co-offender's sentencing does not warrant appellate intervention where the material did not elevate the seriousness of the offences beyond what was established by properly admitted evidence.
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