When you are charged with first-degree murder and don't particularly want the death penalty, you might plead guilty to second-degree murder and get 20 or 30 years instead. If you do that, the U. S. Supreme Court says that:
A) you can withdraw your original guilty plea because you feel the 30-year sentence is excessive.
B) this has no effect on the voluntariness of your original plea.
C) this violates your civil rights, because no one should plead guilty to murder.
D) you can withdraw your original guilty plea because of prosecutorial coercion.
B
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