What is the standard of pleading comprehension in a criminal case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Goodnough, 2017 ONCJ 924 (CanLII):
[46] However, as we shall see, the standard and in this case, as it was in Regina v. Moser, supra, is academic. It is argued that there are four deficiencies in plea comprehension that alone or together invalidate the applicant’s plea of guilty. 1) the plea was not voluntary, he was persuaded to plea; 2) the plea was not unequivocal; 3) the plea was not informed; and 4) the applicant did not understand the legal consequences of the plea.
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