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5 Aug 2011, 9:31 pm by Bradley R. Hall, E.D. Mich.
Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), which allows a defendant “to enter a plea but . . . not . . . acknowledge guilt,” can be used to establish the nature of an offense for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) and Shepard v. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 5:10 am
State, supra.After Matter’s Probation Agentfiled a new probation violation report for his use of drugs, [he] petitioned for postconviction relief, alleging that his attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to advise him at the time of his plea that he could be required to complete sex-offender treatment as a condition of probation, and by advising him to enter an Alford plea despite a weak case against him and his consistent claim of… [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 5:25 am by Susan Brenner
I wondered if Alford pleas were being used in cybercrime cases, so I did a little research on the subject. [read post]
9 Oct 2012, 2:44 am by Timothy P. Flynn
  One of the defendants, Damien Echols, formerly on Death Row, published his memoir, Life After Death, about his Job-like life, and is now the subject of a new documentary, West of Memphis, scheduled for wide release on Christmas Day.The Alford plea was accepted by each of the West Memphis Three thus, each defendant pled guilty while maintaining their innocence relative to the grisly murders; the three were released for time served, but not vindicated.The plea was fashioned by the… [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 5:36 am
That brings us to Rideout’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence. [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 6:53 am by Daily Record Staff
In 1994, Bell entered an Alford plea to first-degree rape and use of a handgun in the commission ... [read post]
14 Mar 2018, 10:12 am by Daily Record Staff
., appeared with counsel in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County and entered an Alford plea to felony murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 10:31 am by Daily Record Staff
Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Life sentence In 2004, Brian Michael Dutton, appellant, entered an Alford plea in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County to one count of first-degree murder and one count of use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. [read post]
12 Mar 2021, 6:46 am by Daily Record Staff
., appellant, entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony or crime of violence. [read post]
29 Apr 2021, 5:10 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
April 22, 2021 Kenney, J.), the court upheld a regular use exclusion and, in the process, rejected the Plaintiff’s arguments under Gallagher v. [read post]
10 Aug 2020, 5:43 am by Daily Record Staff
… On April 14, 2017, pursuant to a plea agreement with the State, he entered an Alford plea to use of a handgun in ... [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 8:49 am by lawyer
The term Alford plea comes from the 1970 US Supreme Court Case North Carolina v. [read post]