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McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414 (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to decide that the objective of his defense is to maintain innocence at all costs, even when counsel believes that admitting guilt offers the defendant the best chance to avoid the death penalty.
A defendant found "not guilty" is not legally answerable for the criminal charge filed. An acquittal is when a judge or jury finds a defendant "not guilty" of the crime charged. [6] "Not guilty" also refers to a type of plea in a criminal case. To avoid confusion, the term "acquittal" is often used in place of it to refer to the court judgment.
Criminal trials that ended in acquittal, meaning that the prosecution failed to prove that the accused was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charge presented. See also: Category:People acquitted of crimes
Attorneys for two former Memphis police officers convicted of obstruction in the beating death of Tyre Nichols filed motions for acquittal on Friday, both arguing that the government failed to ...
Following a series of legal battles over numerous issues tied to the case, Waters decided to waive her right to a jury trial in favor of a bench trial, making Burnside the one to determine the ...
The post Two Indiana police officers acquitted of excessive force in 2020 protesters’ arrests appeared first on TheGrio. After more than 10 hours of deliberation, the jury found Indianapolis ...
The change resulted in an immediate reduction in the Supreme Court's workload (from 623 cases filed in 1890 to 379 in 1891 and 275 in 1892). Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals. e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States v. Valle was a criminal case in the Southern District of New York concerning Gilberto Valle, a New York City Police Department officer who had discussed on online fetish chatrooms his fantasies about kidnapping, torturing, raping, killing, and cannibalizing various women he knew, and had used a police database to find the addresses of some.