Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Hughes v. District Attorney for Atlanta

Hughes v. Dist. Att’y for Atlanta, 402 U.S. 914 (1971)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1971-04-19
Topic
estate-planning

How later courts describe this case

  • "understanding of the nature of the charges" an aspect of voluntariness
  • restoration of original charge after withdrawal of bargained guilty plea “scarcely suggestive of vindictiveness”
  • North Carolina v. Pearce inapposite

Citator

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.