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This list of U.S. states by Alford plea usage documents usage of the form of guilty plea known as the Alford plea in each of the U.S. states in the United States. An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea [1] [2] [3] and Alford doctrine [4] [5] [6]) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, [7] [8] [9] where the defendant does not admit the act and ...
Jul. 16—A man sentenced last month to life plus 136 years in prison in a case described by prosecutors as "child torture" filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, according to court documents.
North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), [1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed that there are no constitutional barriers in place to prevent a judge from accepting a guilty plea from a defendant who wants to plead guilty, while still protesting his innocence, under duress, as a detainee status.
In United States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, [1] an Alford guilty plea, [2] [3] [4] and the Alford doctrine, [5] [6] [7] is a guilty plea in criminal court, [8] [9] [10] whereby a defendant in a criminal case does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence, but accepts imposition of a sentence.
Defendant, Deangelo J. Troop Jr., 18, told judge he had second thoughts after he pleaded guilty in October to first-degree murder. Troop was 15 when Kasir Gambill was killed.
Judge denies motion to withdraw guilty plea On Feb. 27, Chatham County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Karpf denied Cordell Richardson's motion to withdraw his guilty plea for a 2018 aggravated assault.
The following is an incomplete list of notable individuals that have entered an Alford plea.An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea [1] [2] [3] and Alford doctrine) [4] [5] [6] in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, [7] [8] [9] where the defendant does not admit the act and asserts innocence.
A Montgomery man who pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine will serve 4-20 years in prison. Montgomery man attempts to withdraw plea minutes before prison sentence ...