Boykin v. Alabama
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boykin-v-alabama-193-15616598
title:
Boykin v. Alabama
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Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court determined that when a defendant enters into a plea bargain, they waive their Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury. A defendant may not waive this Constitutional right unless he does so knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently. The defendant was an African-American charged with robbery, which carried a death sentence in Alabama at the time. He pled guilty.
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1969 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boykin_v._Alabama
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2023-09-13T01:51:57Z
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