Laird v. State
280 So. 2d 454, 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 7832
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedJuly 17, 1973
DocketNo. S-63
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases
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Bluebook
Laird v. State, 280 So. 2d 454, 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 7832 (Fla. Ct. App. 1973).
Opinion
Affirmed on authority of Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742, 90 S.Ct. 1463, 25 L.Ed.2d 747, wherein the court states:
“ . . . We decline to hold, however, that a guilty plea is compelled and invalid under the Fifth Amendment whenever motivated by the defendant’s desire to accept the certainty or probability of a lesser penalty rather than face a wider range of possibilities extending from acquittal to conviction and a higher penalty authorized by law for the crime charged.”
To like effect, see also North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed. 2d 162.
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