What is the current state of the law in the context of package deals?
The following excerpt is from United States v. Santa, No. 2:08-CR-00468-KJM-1 (E.D. Cal. 2013):
Mindful of this additional risk, where package deals are present, the court must perform a "more careful examination of the voluntariness of a plea . . . ." Id. at 659 (quoting United States v. Castello, 724 F.2d 813, 815 (9th Cir. 1984)). This "more careful examination" requires "[s]pecifically[ that] the court . . . find whether [the defendant] entered [the] plea because of threats or pressures from . . . codefendants." Id. at 660. "[F]ailure to investigate whether codefendants pressured [the defendant]" is reversible error. See id.
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