Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “If the facts do not establish an offense, the court must reject the guilty plea. Bandy v. State, 639 S.W.2d 136, 138 (Mo.App.1982). A defendant is not required to admit or to recite facts constituting the offense in entering a guilty plea if a factual basis for the plea exists. Smith v. State, 663 S.W.2d 248, 249 (Mo.App.1983). A factual basis exists if the defendant understands the facts recited by the judge or prosecutor. Id.; Jones v. State, 758 S.W.2d 153, 154 (Mo.App.1988). As stated in Pittman v. State, 796 S.W.2d 413, 414 (Mo.App.1990), “[A] prosecutor’s statement that he is prepared to prove facts which would constitute the crime to which the defendant is pleading guilty is sufficient.””

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