Rogers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"Appellant's argument is that he would not have chosen to plead guilty were it not for the fact that the State charged his friend with murder, and insisted thereafter on a joint trial. In Brady v. United States, (1970) 397 U.S. 742 , 90 S.Ct. 1463 , 25 L.Ed.2d 747 , the United States Supreme Court held to the opinion that proof that the election to plead guilty would not have been made 'but for' an actual or threatened exercise of prosecutorial discretion adverse to the interest of the accused can never alone be sufficient to show involuntariness. Sufficient evidence of involuntariness must include proof that the choice was not made to take advantage of an offer of leniency or benefit tendered by the prosecution. Here, there is no such proof, and it is evident that in consideration of appellant's agreement to plead guilty the prosecution recommended he be sentenced to forty-five years, fifteen years less than he would have been realistically exposed to upon conviction following a trial. We concur with the conclusion of the trial judge that appellant failed to satisfy his burden of proof in attempting to demonstrate that his guilty plea was involuntary."”

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