Hunter v. United States · ¶46

That skepticism continued well into the twentieth century. In Walker v. Johnston, 312 U. S. 275 (1941), this Court held that a defendant is “deprived of a constitutional right” whenever he is “deceived or coerced by the prosecutor into entering a guilty plea.” Id., at 286. The prosecutor's alleged tactics there? Obstructing the defendant's effort to hire a lawyer, showing the defendant “pictures of the scene of the alleged crime,” seeking to “persuade him that he would be proved guilty,” and “warning him that he would be sentenced to twice as great a [prison] term if he did not” agree to plead guilty. Id., at 281–282.

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