United States v. Giuseppe Pellerito, A/K/A Joseph El Italiano, United States of America v. Hector Rivera-Martinez, A/K/A El Men

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• holding that family pressure, though “probative of an accused’s motivation for pleading guilty . . . does not necessarily show coercion, duress, or involuntariness”
• determining that a defendant’s conversations with his - 14 - hospitalized mother, despite agitating him, did not render that defendant's plea involuntary
• rejecting claim that plea coerced by “stressful situation” and “agitated emotional state” brought on by urgings of hospitalized mother; noting “many” defendants “sensitive to external considerations”
• distinguishing between the defendant’s motivation to plead guilty and whether the plea was involuntary because it was the product of duress
• finding no ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to raise a Miranda objection where uncontroverted testimony established that the defendant volunteered an admission to the authorities
• “Criminal prosecutions are stressful experiences for nearly all concerned____ The relevant question for plea withdrawal is ... whether the decision to plead was voluntary, i.e., a product of free will.”

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