Salters v. State

Two issues are raised in this review:

1. Was the ultimate guilty plea voluntary ?

2. Did the action of the circuit court expose defendant to double jeopardy?

Voluntariness of guilty plea.

Our initial inquiry must be directed to the question of whether the plea of guilty entered during the second proceedings, held with Judge Raskin presiding, was voluntary. One of the four reasons for finding a manifest injustice which would support the vacation of a guilty plea, as listed in State v. Reppin, 1 is that the plea is not voluntary. The philosophical position of the defendant here is that a bargained…