United States v. Gosselin

Recently the Supreme Court ruled, “[T]he constitutional prerequisites of a valid plea may be satisfied where the record accurately reflects that the nature of the charge and the elements of the crime were explained to the defendant by his own, competent counsel.” Bradshaw v. Stumpf 545 U.S. 175, 125 S.Ct. 2398, 2405, 162 L.Ed.2d 143 (2005). In the present case, the record of trial reads:

MJ: I take it that you talked to your attorney about accomplice liability. In other words even though you weren’t the one who actually brought them on to the military installation, that you were a party to…