What is the test for determining whether counsel acted improperly in coercing a defendant into entering a plea of false imprisonment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Granillo, E064424 (Cal. App. 2016):
Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a statement of the case and identifying one potentially arguable issue: whether defendant's counsel committed constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to properly investigate defendant's case and in coercing defendant into entering the plea. We affirm.
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