Accuracy Inquiries for All Felony and Misdemeanor Pleas: Voluntary Pleas but Innocent Defendants?
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عنوان ژورنال: University of Pennsylvania Law Review
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0041-9907
DOI: 10.2307/3311759