State v. Welch’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
January 1982
most recently cited
2 district · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Santobello v. New York · 25 Cal. 2d 422 - People v. Gilbert · United States Ex Rel. Thurmond v. Mancusi · State v. Rose
Most-quoted passages
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“while mere advice or assurances of counsel as to a light sentence will not vitiate his client’s guilty plea, a contrary rule should prevail if the counsel’s statement amounts to an unqualified representation that some responsible state official such as a judge or a prosecutor has entered into a bargain to commit the state to give the defendant a lesser punishment than he might otherwise receive, in exchange for a plea, provided such representation is corroborated by the acts or statements of the responsible state official and there is a bona fide reliance thereon by the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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