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WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 146, September Term, 1970.

10 Md. App. 570 (1970)

271 A.2d 777

GORDON ROLAND WILLIAMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Cannizzaro, Jr., for appellant.

James L. Bundy, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Fred Kelly Grant, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was submitted to MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

A plea of guilty can be effectively accepted by a court only under the standard applicable to waiver of constitutional rights. To satisfy this standard the record must affirmatively show that the plea of guilty was entered by an accused:

(1) voluntarily, that is not through coercion, terror, inducements, or subtle or blatant threats; and (2) with an intelligent...

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