Back on July 13, Ryan Payne signed a plea agreement. As will be explained, below, he has now requested the Court to Withdraw Guilty Plea and Proceed to Trial by Jury and go to trial on the charges.
Though it won't be mentioned in the Motion, in addition to what follows, Ryan was threatened with a Terrorism Enhancement, if he went to trial and was convicted. That would be a 30 years sentence, but, as I said, the Court cannot recognize that, as it was part of negotiations.
So, let's look at the picture that the Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea gives us, at least in pertinent part. I will leave the citations in, for those who wish to review previous decisions on the subject:
