Author Question: Match the statement with whether it is an argument for plea bargaining or whether it is against plea ... (Read 87 times)

ereecah · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

Match the statement with whether it is an argument for plea bargaining or whether it is against plea bargaining.

Column 1:
helps the prosecutor dispose of a busy case load
undermines the integrity of the justice system
saves on judicial resources by avoiding costs of going to trial
allows the criminal to get away with his or her crime

Column 2:
arguments for plea bargaining
arguments against plea bargaining
arguments for plea bargaining
arguments against plea bargaining

Question 2

Match the correct court case with the corresponding decision concerning guilty pleas.

Column 1:
McCarthy v. United States
Henderson v. Morgan
Boykin v. Alabama
Padilla v. Kentucky

Column 2:
the Supreme Court held that it would be unconstitutional for the trial judge to accept a guilty plea without an affirmative showing that it is intelligent and voluntary
since respondent did not receive adequate notice of the offense to which he pleaded guilty, his plea was involuntary and the judgment of conviction was entered without due process of law
failure to tell the defendant that deportation is a possible consequence of a guilty plea may result in a decision that such a plea is invalid
by personally interrogating the defendant, not only will the judge be better able to ascertain the pleas voluntariness, but he also will develop a more complete record to support his determination in a subsequent post-conviction attack

amy.lauersdorf90 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Column 1: helps the prosecutor dispose of a busy case load
Column 2: arguments for plea bargaining

Column 1: undermines the integrity of the justice system
Column 2: arguments against plea bargaining

Column 1: saves on judicial resources by avoiding costs of going to trial
Column 2: arguments for plea bargaining

Column 1: allows the criminal to get away with his or her crime
Column 2: arguments against plea bargaining

Answer to Question 2

Column 1: McCarthy v. United States
Column 2: by personally interrogating the defendant, not only will the judge be better able to ascertain the pleas voluntariness, but he also will develop a more complete record to support his determination in a subsequent post-conviction attack

Column 1: Henderson v. Morgan
Column 2: since respondent did not receive adequate notice of the offense to which he pleaded guilty, his plea was involuntary and the judgment of conviction was entered without due process of law

Column 1: Boykin v. Alabama
Column 2: the Supreme Court held that it would be unconstitutional for the trial judge to accept a guilty plea without an affirmative showing that it is intelligent and voluntary

Column 1: Padilla v. Kentucky
Column 2: failure to tell the defendant that deportation is a possible consequence of a guilty plea may result in a decision that such a plea is invalid