Menefee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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1. “Evidence offered in support of a guilty plea may take many forms. The statute expressly provides that the defendant may consent to the proffer of evidence in testimonial or documentary form, or to an oral or written stipulation of what the evidence against him would be, without necessarily admitting to its veracity or accuracy; and such a proffer or stipulation of evidence will suffice to support the guilty plea so long as it embraces every constituent element of the charged offense. Alternatively, our case law has recognized that the defendant may enter a sworn written statement, or may testify under oath in open court, specifically admitting his culpability or at least acknowledging generally that the allegations against him are in fact true and correct; and again, so long as such a judicial confession covers all of the elements of the charged offense, it will suffice to support the guilty plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harris v. State

2. “The purpose of [the corpus delicti] rule is to ensure that a person is not convicted based solely upon his own extrajudicial false confession to a crime that never occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. William Gilmore v. State

3. “does' not provide independent evidence to substantiate the defendant's guilt.” Menefee v. State, 287 S.W.3d 9, 18 (Tex.Crim.App.2009). Similarly, a plea of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Graylin Rusk v. State