Commonwealth v. Brandon’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
November 1975
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Grays v. Alfred T. Rundle, Supt
Most-quoted passages
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“"[w]here the defendant pleads guilty with the advice of counsel . . . there is no reason to presume that he was ignorant of the nature of the charge or the consequences of the plea. Indeed, the more rational assumption is that all the necessary considerations which should have been recorded at the guilty plea proceedings were canvassed with him by his counsel before the decision to plead guilty was reached."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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