Step 3: read scenario #3 and prepare an essay that answers the question(s) that follow:
scenario #3:
assume that a prosecutor and a defendant are negotiating a plea agreement. in the negotiation, the prosecutor lies to the defendant, saying, "we have a video-tape
recording of you engaged in the crime. if you do not plead guilty, this evidence will be used against you at trial. no jury in its right mind would acquit you based on the
recording. however, if you plead guilty to petty larceny, then you will be out of jail in no time flat." the defendant pleads guilty but later appeals his conviction, claiming that
his plea was the result of prosecutorial deception. what should the court decide?