ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I.
Problems of the plea process plague and perplex our courts. Today's case presents a particular point of which we have penned but little. Our rules provide that, before a guilty plea may be accepted, the Circuit Court must find a factual basis for it. Today's appeal requires that we peruse the form and substance of this factual basis component of the plea acceptance process.
II.
On December 2, 1987,...
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