Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Morgan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1976No. 74-1529PublishedCited by 1,270 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The question presented is whether a defendant may enter a voluntary plea of guilty to a charge of second-degree murder without being informed that intent to cause the death of his victim was an element of the offense.
The case arises out of a collateral attack on a judgment entered by a state trial court in Fulton County, N. Y., in 1965. Respondent, having been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 25 years to life. He did not appeal.
In 1970, respondent initiated proceedings in the New…
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