A.M., the Mother v. Department of Children & Families

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• finding that a defendant’s pro se request necessarily implicated “considerable delay” because of the complexity of his case
• explaining that substantial weight is given to defendant’s in-court statements in assessing voluntariness
• refusing to find plea involuntary even if it were motivated by defendant's desire not to have mental health evidence submitted to the jury
• refusing to find plea involuntary even if it were motivated by defendant’s desire not to have mental health evidence submitted to the jury
• giving “substantial weight” to a defen- dant’s in-court statements in determining whether a guilty plea was voluntary
• “A plea is voluntary if it represents a voluntary and intelligent choice among the alternative courses of action open to the defen- dant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).