Strongly worded and even heatedly expressed legal advice by a solicitor urging a client to plead guilty, including advice about the likely consequences of proceeding to trial, does not constitute duress, intimidation or improper pressure sufficient to vitiate a guilty plea, provided the advice constitutes reasoned argument in the client's interests. The strength of the prosecution case is relevant to determining whether it, rather than alleged improper influence, was the real motive for entering the plea.
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