| Litigants: | Parker v. North Carolina |
| Arguedate: | November 17 |
| Argueyear: | 1969 |
| Decidedate: | May 4 |
| Decideyear: | 1970 |
| Fullname: | Parker v. North Carolina |
| Usvol: | 397 |
| Uspage: | 790 |
| Parallelcitations: | 90 S. Ct. 1458; 25 L. Ed. 2d 785; 1970 U.S. LEXIS 47 |
| Majority: | White |
| Joinmajority: | Burger, Harlan, Stewart |
| Concurrence: | Black |
| Dissent: | Brennan |
| Joindissent: | Douglas, Marshall |
Parker v. North Carolina, 397 U.S. 790 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a plea agreement was valid even if the defendant entered into it in order to avoid the death penalty and even if his decision was based on a possibly mistaken belief on the part of the defendant and his lawyer that a confession the defendant had made would be admissible in court.[1]