State Ex Rel. White v. Gray

We are confronted here with three issues concerning petitioner’s efforts to withdraw his guilty plea:

1. Was the guilty plea entered voluntarily in the face of the fact that there had been a plea bargain in which one brother, Raymond, agreed to plead guilty while the state agreed to dismiss the burglary charges against the younger brother, Joseph?

2. Is such a plea bargain against public policy?

3. Was Raymond White denied the effective assistance of trial counsel guaranteed by the sixth amendment?

Plea bargaining is an accepted and necessary part of the process whereby a good many criminal…