Does a defense counsel have to give the client the benefit of counsel's professional advice on whether to plead guilty?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Purdy v. U.S., 208 F.3d 41 (2nd Cir. 1999):
On the one hand, defense counsel "'must give the client the benefit of counsel's professional advice on this crucial decision'" of whether to plead guilty. Boria v. Keane, 99 F.3d 492, 497 (2d Cir. 1996)
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