Porter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Rule 8.04(A)(3) of the Uniform Circuit and County Court Rules provides that[,] before the trial court may accept a plea of guilty, the court must determine that the plea is voluntarily and intelligently made and that there is a factual basis for the plea. A sufficient factual basis requires an evidentiary foundation in the record [that] is sufficiently specific to allow the court to determine that the defendant’s conduct was within the ambit of that defined as criminal. We review the entire record to discern whether a sufficient factual basis exists.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joshua Williams v. State of Mississippi

2. “A defendant can establish a factual basis for a guilty plea simply by pleading guilty; however, the guilty plea must contain factual statements constituting a crime or be accompanied by independent evidence of guilt. In other words, a factual basis is not established by the mere fact that a defendant enters a plea of guilty. Finally, an appellate court is not limited to a review of a defendant's plea transcript when determining if a factual basis existed for a guilty plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 So. 3d 472 - Clifford Pitts v. State of Mississippi