Sutton v. Sanders’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[A] guilty plea must be set aside unless the record of the plea colloquy or extrinsic evidence affirmatively shows that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his or her constitutional rights: (1) against compulsory self-incrimination; (2) to be tried by a jury; and (3) to confront his or her accusers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. State