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North Carolina Vs. Alford

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 23, 1970

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  1. U.S. 25 (1970) U.S. Supreme Court North Carolina v. Alford
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  2. U.S. 25 (1970) North Carolina v. Alford
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  3. within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment because it was entered to avoid the possibility of the death penalty. Brady v. United
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  4. States, 397 U. S. 742 . P. 400 U. S. 31 . (b) Hudson v. United
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  5. involuntarily. 405 F.2d 340 (1968). In reaching its conclusion, the Court of Appeals relied heavily on United States v. Jackson
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  6. We vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the case for further proceedings. We held in Brady v. United
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  7. a voluntary and intelligent choice among the alternative courses of action open to the defendant. See Boykin v. Alabama
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  8. Machibroda v. United
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  9. Kercheval v. United
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  10. defendant that he committed the particular acts claimed to constitute the crime charged in the indictment. See Brady v. United
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  11. McCarthy v. United
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  12. Harris v. State
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  13. Tex.Cr.R. 126, 131, 172 S.W. 975, 977 (1915), require that trial judges reject such pleas. See, e.g., Hulsey v. United
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  14. Elksnis v. Gilligan
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  15. People v. Morrison
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  16. State v. Reali
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  17. State v. Leyba
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  18. State v. Stacy
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  19. Tremblay v. Overholser
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  20. McCoy v. United
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  21. State v. Kaufman
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  22. Iowa 578, 580, 2 N.W. 275, 276 (1879) (dictum). Accord, e.g., Griffin v. United
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  23. Bruce v. United
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  24. City of Burbank v. General
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  25. State v. Martinez
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  26. People v. Hetherington
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  27. Crossley v. Tahash
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  28. Commonwealth v. Cottrell
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  29. Pa. 177, 249 A.2d 294 (1969). Cf. United States ex rel. Brown v. LaVallee
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  30. This Court has not confronted this precise issue, but prior decisions do yield relevant principles. In Lynch v. Overholser
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  31. been accepted even though evidence before the judge indicated that there was a valid defense. The issue in Hudson v. United
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  32. the federal courts have uniformly followed this rule, even in cases involving moral turpitude. Bruce v. United
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  33. States, supra, at 343 n. 20, 379 F.2d at 120 n. 20 (dictum). See, e.g., Lott v. United
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  34. Sullivan v. United
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  35. Farnsworth v. Zerbst
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  36. Pharr v. United
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  37. United States v. Bagliore
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  38. the Constitution is concerned with the practical consequences, not the formal categorizations, of state law. See Smith v. Bennett
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  39. Jones v. United
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  40. States, 362 U. S. 257 , 362 U. S. 266 (1960). Cf. Kermarec v. Compagnie
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  41. further provided a means by which the judge could test whether the plea was being intelligently entered, see McCarthy v. United
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  42. Relying on United States v. Jackson
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  43. with this opinion. It is so ordered. MR. JUSTICE BLACK, while adhering to his belief that United States v. Jackson
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  44. rather than death. The provision permitting guilty pleas in capital cases was repealed in 1969. See Parker v. North
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  45. of the consequences of his plea of guilty and of the rights waived by the plea, no issues of substance under Boykin v. Alabama
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  46. valid plea containing a protestation of innocence, but to leave that decision to his sound discretion. See Maxwell v. United
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  47. United States v. Food
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  48. F.2d 973 (CA9 1943), and on the other, as a query directed to the court to determine the defendant's guilt. State v. Hopkins
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  49. Del. 306, 88 A. 473 (1913). See generally Lott v. United
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  50. what a defendant does admit when he enters a nolo plea in a way that will consistently fit all the cases. Hudson v. United
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