The Oyez Project: Criminal Procedure Issues - Plea Bargaining Decisions

Blackledge v. Allison - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 02 May 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Bordenkircher v. Hayes - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 18 Jan 1978 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibit state prosecutors from carrying out a threat made during plea negotiations to re-indict the accused on more serious charges if he does not plead guilty to the offense with which he was originally charged?

Bradshaw v. Stumpf - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

(1) Was Stumpf's guilty plea to aggravated murder knowing, voluntary and intelligent? (2) Was his conviction valid, despite the state's use of a theory in the trial of Stumpf's accomplice that was inconsistent with its argument in Stumpf's trial?

Henderson v. Morgan - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 17 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Marshall v. Lonberger - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Feb 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Parke, Warden v. Raley - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Dec 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Dominguez Benitez - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

In order to show that a judge's mistake is a reversible "plain error" under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52, must a defendant show that it is reasonably likely he would not have pled guilty without the mistake?

United States v. Ruiz - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments require federal prosecutors, before entering into a binding plea agreement with a criminal defendant, to disclose impeachment information relating to any informants or other witnesses?