Supreme Court· 4/17/1973

Tollett v. Henderson

Citations

411 U.S. 258
93 S. Ct. 1602
36 L. Ed. 2d 235
1973 U.S. LEXIS 83

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holding that a counseled guilty plea barred a state prisoner’s claim of racial discrimination in the selection of the indict ing grand jury
holding that a guilty plea precludes defendant’s challenge to the exclusion of African-Americans from the grand jury
holding that state prisoner’s guilty plea foreclosed challenge to racial discrimination in grand jury selection
holding that a defendant’s “guilty plea [ ] forecloses independent inquiry into the claim of discrimination in the selection of the grand jury”
holding that, although guilty plea waives most claims of error, it does not preclude attack on voluntary and intelligent character of plea itself
holding that a defendant who has pled guilty waives his right to appeal constitutional violations that occurred prior to the guilty plea

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, Burger, Douglas, Marshall, Rehnqtjist, Rehnquist, Stewart, White

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