Mr. Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether a defendant may enter a voluntary plea of guilty to a charge of second-degree murder without being informed that intent to cause the death of his victim was an element of the offense. The case arises out of a collateral attack on a judgment entered by a state trial court in Fulton County, N. Y., in 19…
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