McMann v. Richardson, No. 153 (U.S. Supreme Court) (397 U.S. 759; 90 S.Ct. 1441) (May 4, 1970) (Justice White)
The principal issue addressed in this case was whether and to what extent an otherwise valid guilty plea may be impeached in collateral proceedings by assertions or proof that the plea was motivated by a prior coerced confession. Here, each of the respondents asserted that a coerced confession had been ...
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