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Whether the Due Process Clause requires a state court to conduct an inquiry on the record into the effects of a juvenile defendant's age, mental health, and developmental characteristics on the voluntariness of his guilty plea
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 7 Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, and MARYLAND RULE 4-242(c), requires a state court, before accepting a guilty plea from a juvenile defendant suffering from diminished capacity due to mentally illness, to conduct an enquiry on the record into the specific effects that the juvenile's age, mental health, and developmental characteristics have had on the voluntariness : of his decision to plead guilty — with a focus on age as the crucial factor. ;