Attacking the Guilty Plea: Getting More Time After a Successful Guilty Plea Challenge
What happens if you win your challenge and overturn your guilty plea and then lose at trial? Can the court give you more time in prison as a penalty for successfully challenging your guilty plea? Yes, but there`s more to the story. The Supreme Court held in North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711 (1969), […]