People v. Knopek

Defendant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of uttering and publishing a check with intention to defraud and was convicted pursuant to MCLA § 750.249 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.446).

Subsequently, he filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that the plea was induced by a prior confession allegedly obtained by illegal means, and since the confession had been coerced, the plea was necessarily involuntary.

In raising the question under scrutiny, defendant has failed to. take cognizance of the recently emergent jurisprudence holding that a guilty plea is “voluntary” if it is…