The case was later challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice Byron White wrote the majority decision[22] which established that the accused must have been advised by competent counsel to accept the plea, who was able to inform the person that his or her best decision in the case would be to confess guilt. [19] The court decided that the accused could enter such a plea “if he concludes that his interests require an admission of guilt and that the minutes strongly indicate guilt.” [21] The court admitted the admission of guilt only because there was sufficient evidence that the Crown had a strong argument in favour of a conviction and that the accused had made such a plea to avoid that eventual conviction. (e) Seller A understood only that the defendant considered him a subcontractor, not a primary seller, on Jacket No. .
