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North Carolina v. Alford. U.S. Supreme Court case. Citation: 400 US 25. Date: 23 November 1970: Source: United States Reports: Author: Supreme Court of the United States: Permission (Reusing this file) PD-USGov
Phillip Alford (born September 11, 1948) is an American former actor best known for his roles as Jem Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, and Boy Anderson in Shenandoah (1965). Since retiring from acting, he has become a businessman.
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 an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit to the criminal act, but admits the evidence would likely persuade a judge or jury to find him guilty. Cook attempting to withdraw Alford plea in ...
The judge had set a $2.5 million bond for Taylor, accused of the poisoning deaths of his girlfriend and her unborn child.
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Cecil Jacobs teases Scout and Jem at school. Scout almost gets into a fight with Cecil over the trial of Tom Robinson. Scout confronts Cecil Jacobs because he says Atticus is a "Nigger Lover." He gives a current event presentation on Adolf Hitler and later frightens Scout and Jem on their way to the Halloween pageant. He and Scout then pair up ...
Jermaine Eric Johnson, 27, entered an Alford plea on Monday to second-degree murder in the gang-related prison death of Christopher Dorsey in 2020. Jermaine Eric Johnson, 27, entered an Alford ...