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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.
Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 21 of the charges, and entered into an Alford plea for one charge that regarded his alleged theft from his brother. In exchange, the approximately 88 remaining charges against him were dropped. Murdaugh received a 27-year sentence, to run concurrent with the two life sentences he is already serving. [61]
Under common law systems, a defendant who pleads guilty will be convicted if the court accepts the plea. The court will then determine and impose a sentence. Plea bargaining involves discussions between the prosecutor and defendants to reach an agreement for a guilty plea in exchange for a more lenient punishment.
A former American Airlines flight attendant has pleaded guilty to secretly recording video of a 14-year-old girl ... Attempted sexual exploitation of children carries a sentence of 15-30 years in ...
The guidelines require "counting prior adult diversionary dispositions if they involved a judicial determination of guilt or an admission of guilt in open court." This reflects a policy that defendants who previously received the benefit of a rehabilitative sentence and then commit further crimes should not be treated with further leniency.
He is also guilty of taking indecent images of his daughter, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine. He receives the longest sentence: 20 years. Jean-Pierre Marechal.
In December 2009, a jury found Miriam Helmick guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Alan Helmick. She was also convicted of attempted first-degree murder for the car fire and multiple ...
Plea bargains can take different forms, such as charge bargaining, where a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense, or sentence bargaining, where the expected sentence is agreed upon before a guilty plea. In addition, count bargaining involves pleading guilty to a subset of multiple charges.