What factors were considered to have rendered defendant's plea coerced?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Gomez, E063888 (Cal. App. 2016):

Here, no combination of factors rendered defendant's plea coerced. The court's misunderstanding about a prior gun strike was corrected. Defendant's confusion about his bond was not the court or his attorney's fault. (People v. Nocelotl, supra, 211 Cal.App.4th at p. 1096.) Based on the evidence, the court rationally concluded that defendant was not under duress when he pleaded guilty. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that good cause to withdraw defendant's plea was not shown here.

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