People v. Rufus Williams

Like all recent cases of guilty plea review, Williams involves two problems. First, so lution of the instant case on the basis of existing law. Second, resolution of the underlying problem of developing certain and viable guidelines for Bench, Bar and defendants. Such guidelines must define a procedure for plea taking that is just and understandable. At the same time it should reduce the necessity for review or simplify and expedite the process of review. The first problem involves this Court’s judgment-making role; the second problem calls upon the exercise of this Court’s constitutional…