Case Name: The People v. Joseph B. Coveyou
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1882-04-25
Citations: 48 Mich. 353
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People v. Joseph B. Coveyou.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 353–353

Head Matter:
The People v. Joseph B. Coveyou.
Examination as to whether plea of guilty is nolunia/ry.
A plea of guilty cannot be supposed to have been made ignorantly or under compulsion where respondent had counsel and first pleaded Not Guilty and after a delay of three weeks came into court and by leave of the court withdrew the plea and pleaded guilty and it affirmatively appeared that the judge made inquiry to satisfy himself that his action expressed his real desire.
Error to Ionia.
Submitted and decided April 25.
Information for burglary. Respondent brings error.
Conviction affirmed.
Moses Bartow for appellant.
Attorney General Jacob J. Yon Itvp&r for the People.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The only error relied upon in this case is that the circuit judge did not, after receiving the respondent's plea of guilty, make the necessary examination to-enable him to determine that the plea was freely and intelligently made. The error is not satisfactorily made out. The respondent first pleaded not guilty, and the record shows that he had counsel, and after three weeks' delay came into court and by leave of the court withdrew the first plea and pleaded guilty. It affirmatively appears that the judge made inquiry to satisfy himself that this action expressed the respondent's real desire, and there can be no-assumption under the facts stated that he had acted in ignorance or under compulsion.
Judgment affirmed.