Reply #21: Can't the judge put him back in jail ? [View All]

[Manifestor_of_Light]

I heard on Air America that if he says he only pled guilty to get rid of the charges hanging over him, and since he said he wasn't guilty, isn't that contempt of court, and the judge can revoke the plea due to fraud? Or at least bust him for contempt of court and throw him in jail?


Statements 4 and 5 in the above seem to indicate that the judge can make his life more miserable.

I think it's called "plenary power". Power of Judges to exercise discretion and do things that are not necessarily allowed strictly in the Rules of Procedure.