State v. Solano

*403GORDON, Vice Chief Justice,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. It has long been established that pleas obtained through “coercion, terror, inducements, and subtle or blatant threats” are involuntary and violative of due process. Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 243, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 1712, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). The constitutional status of guilty pleas induced by offers of adverse or lenient treatment to a person other than the accused presents a serious problem. Bordenkircher v. Hayes, 434 U.S. 357, 364 n. 8, 98 S.Ct. 663, 668 n. 8, 54 L.Ed.2d 604 (1978). These pleas pose a greater danger of…