West v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• courts should accept allegations as true “except to the extent that they are inherently incredible, merely eonclu-sory rather than statements of fact, or are contradicted by the record”
• “[I]t is well settled that a defendant’s plea of guilty admits, in legal effect, the facts as charged and waives all non-jurisdictional defenses. Entrapment is a non-jurisdictional defense on the merits and petitioners have waived their right to assert it.” (citing Fifth Circuit precedents
• no specific claim of misconduct