Improvident Plea

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1. What plea does Rule116 Section1(c) direct when the accused makes a conditional plea?
2. Counsel tells the court guilty while the accused has not personally entered any plea. Can counsel’s statement alone sat…
3. An accused says guilty only if no imprisonment will ever follow. Under Section1(c), how should that conditional respons…
4. At arraignment, an information is read only in a language the accused does not understand. Counsel announces guilty, an…
5. The accused expressly refuses to enter any plea because he cannot understand the charge. The judge orders a guilty plea…
6. Explain how personal entry and comprehensible reading help prevent an improvident plea.
7. The accused says guilty only on a condition the court cannot guarantee. Explain the prescribed response without treatin…
8. A judge enters guilty because the accused refuses to plead. Explain why the Rule’s default protects against improvidenc…