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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.
Four former Missouri guards have pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of a Black man in prison, and a fifth has pleaded not guilty to accessory to involuntary manslaughter. Othel Moore Jr ...
Bustamante first appeared in court on November 17, 2009, where she pleaded not guilty and was indicted on first-degree murder and armed criminal action (due to using a knife in the murder). [11] In January 2012, she took a plea deal to the lesser charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. [7]
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 ...
Missouri attorney general says not so fast on freeing woman jailed for 43 years in 1980 killing. ... Hemme pleaded guilty in that attack in 1996. ... That plea was thrown out on appeal. But she ...
But then, only hours after entering that plea, another arm of the state, the attorney general’s office, opposed the deal. And so, on Thursday, the Missouri Supreme Court agreed to make it disappear.
In July 2021, Hupp entered a "not guilty" plea. [69] [70] On September 8, 2021, the armed criminal action charge against Hupp was dismissed. [71] A preliminary hearing was scheduled for February 2022, but was delayed indefinitely after Hupp's public defender died of a heart attack; [16] in August 2022, Hupp waived her right to a preliminary ...
Missouri plans to execute death row inmate Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, but a clemency petition shows scores of people have asked Gov. Mike Parsons to spare his ...