Criminal – Voluntariness Of Statement – Plea Negotiations

By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 17, 2008

A defendant who admitted his mistaken belief that his interview with police resulted from plea negotiations initiated by his counsel, involving a different robbery in Prince William County, cannot overturn his conviction on the ground that police did not advise him of his mistake, the Court of Appeals holds. There is no evidence of coercion and ...

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