Parker v. North Carolina

Parker v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 17, 1969 Decided May 4, 1970
Full case name	Parker v. North Carolina
Citations	397 U.S. 790 ( more ) 90 S. Ct. 1458; 25 L. Ed. 2d 785; 1970 U.S. LEXIS 47
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices Hugo Black  · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II  · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart  · Byron White Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Burger, Harlan, Stewart
Concurrence	Black
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall

Parker v. North Carolina, 397 U.S. 790 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a plea agreement was valid even if the defendant entered into it in order to avoid the death penalty and even if his decision was based on a possibly mistaken belief on the part of the defendant and his lawyer that a confession the defendant had made would be admissible in court. ^[1]

References

1. Lamb, Charles M.; Halpern, Stephen C. (1991). The Burger Court: Political and Judicial Profiles. University of Illinois Press. p. 420. ISBN   978-0-252-06135-6.

External links

• Text of Parker v. North Carolina, 397 U.S. 790(1970) is available from: Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)