The Fifth Amendment and the Guilty Plea: An Incompatible Association

Authors

Vivian Deborah Wilson

Abstract

The author examines the anomaly of a court system which protects the fifth amendment rights of an accused during custodial interrogation, only to sacrifice those rights through accepting a negotiated plea of guilty at trial.

Recommended Citation

Vivian Deborah Wilson, The Fifth Amendment and the Guilty Plea: An Incompatible Association, 30 Hastings L.J. 545 (1979).
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