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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.
Jul. 16—Update Monday, July 18: Scott Shelby appeared in court Monday but did not have an attorney beside him. Superior Court Judge Kathlene Gosselin asked Shelby if he wanted to proceed without ...
Richardson's attorney Larry Chisholm filed the motion to withdraw the guilty plea on Nov. 1, 2023. Chisholm claimed Richardson was "hearing voices in the courtroom" and that his family, who was ...
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 ...
In law, a motion to set aside judgment is an application to overturn or set aside a court's judgment, verdict or other final ruling in a case. [1] [2] Such a motion is proposed by a party who is dissatisfied with the result of a case. Motions may be made at any time after entry of judgment, and in some circumstances years after the case has ...
Craig mailed his signed petition to the court, and his petition to plead guilty to the misdemeanor charge was accepted and filed by the court on August 8, 2007. [50] [51] In an August 28, 2007 press conference, Craig regretted filing the guilty plea, stating "In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty. I was trying to handle this matter myself ...
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A plea bargain, also known as a plea agreement or plea deal, is a legal arrangement in criminal law where the defendant agrees to plead guilty or no contest to a charge in exchange for concessions from the prosecutor. These concessions can include a reduction in the severity of the charges, the dismissal of some charges, or a more lenient ...