State v. Peters

¶1(concurring). I concur, but write to emphasize what I perceive as our core holding. It is not hard to conceive that a pro se incarcerated defendant could find being in a room in the jail with only corrections staff present a coercive environment in which to enter an inculpatory plea. Our opinion can be read to hold that to the extent it is true that this scenario may breed coercion, more must be shown. In order to implicate due process, the defendant must make specific showings that the environment was coercive in fact and the manner in which the circumstances affected his or her decision to plead guilty or no contest.