Jump to content

Parker v. North Carolina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Parker v. North Carolina
Argued November 17, 1969
Decided May 4, 1970
Full case nameParker v. North Carolina
Citations397 U.S. 790 (more)
90 S. Ct. 1458; 25 L. Ed. 2d 785; 1970 U.S. LEXIS 47
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by Burger, Harlan, Stewart
ConcurrenceBlack
DissentBrennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall

Parker v. North Carolina, 397 U.S. 790 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a plea agreement was valid even if the defendant entered into it in order to avoid the death penalty and even if his decision was based on a possibly mistaken belief on the part of the defendant and his lawyer that a confession the defendant had made would be admissible in court.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Lamb, Charles M.; Halpern, Stephen C. (1991). The Burger Court: Political and Judicial Profiles. University of Illinois Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-252-06135-6.
[edit]