Author Question: According to the Supreme Court, guilty pleas waive all of the following rights except a. ... (Read 58 times)

tatyanajohnson · **on:** Aug 16, 2018

According to the Supreme Court, guilty pleas waive all of the following rights except

a. prohibition against self-incrimination.
b. right to trial.
c. right to compel witnesses to testify.
d. right to counsel.

Question 2

The Supreme Court has ruled that a judge's failure to ask a defendant if they knowingly and voluntarily entered a guilty plea in open court is:

a. not reversible if there is strong evidence of the defendant's guilt
b. not reversible if the defendant was represented by counsel during the entry of the plea
c. reversible error because the judge accepted a plea without an affirmative showing that it was freely givenand the defendant knew what he or she was agreeing to
d. may be grounds for an appeal if the defendant can show the judge was aware the defendant was not ofsound mind