Frady v. Cupp

Petitioner .was charged with second degree murder, entered a plea of guilty, and was sentenced, on October 11, 1966, to 20 years’ imprisonment. He brings this petition for post-conviction relief claiming that his plea of guilty was coerced' and involuntary bv- reason of:(1) the district attorney’s threat to prosecute for first degree murder if petitioner did not plead guilty to second degree murder; and(2) the allegedly inaccurate advice of counsel that the defense of self-defense would not apply.

The post-conviction court found that “Petitioner’s plea of guilty Avas not coerced, but was…