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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. 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
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 ...
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. Second defendant enters Alford plea in 2020 ...
Lewis Lent, a serial killer, was convicted for her murder, but investigators are still searching for Sara's body 30 years later. REMEMBERING PHIL JONES In memory of longtime CBS News correspondent ...
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 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.