The following excerpt is from USA. v. Laskie, 258 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2001):
We decline to attach significance to a minor discrepancy in statutory text, when the statute plainly means for the result to be the same with respect to defendants who plead guilty and those who do not. Cf. Hargrove v. State, 686 P.2d 222, 224 (Nev. 1984) (per curiam) (stating that a motion for a new trial and a motion to withdraw a guilty plea after a conviction "serve an identical function, since both argue that the predicate of guilt, whether it be plea or verdict, is suspect or defective and must be set aside").
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