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- Look up plea, plead, pleaded, pled, guilty, or not guilty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge...15 KB (2,006 words) - 16:57, 18 February 2024
- United States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, an Alford guilty plea, and the Alford doctrine, is a guilty plea in criminal...34 KB (4,067 words) - 02:25, 16 August 2024
- Nolo contendere (redirect from Plea of nolo contendere)type of legal plea used in some jurisdictions in the United States. It is also referred to as a plea of no contest or no defense. It is a plea where the defendant...12 KB (1,452 words) - 15:59, 9 August 2024
- A plea bargain (also plea agreement or plea deal) is an agreement in criminal law proceedings, whereby the prosecutor provides a concession to the defendant...67 KB (8,315 words) - 18:40, 3 July 2024
- In common law systems, the peremptory pleas (pleas in bar) are defensive pleas that set out special reasons for which a trial cannot proceed; they serve...4 KB (440 words) - 06:09, 27 June 2023
- an Alford plea. An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea and Alford doctrine) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal...42 KB (4,714 words) - 19:11, 3 August 2024
- Arraignment (category Criminal law of the United Kingdom)jurisdictions, the accused is expected to enter a plea; in other jurisdictions, no plea is required. Acceptable pleas vary among jurisdictions, but they generally...13 KB (1,456 words) - 21:11, 31 July 2024
- A plea colloquy, in United States criminal procedure, is a conversation between a judge and a criminal defendant who has been sworn under oath, which must...3 KB (365 words) - 13:30, 27 June 2017
- common pleas is a common kind of court structure found in various common law jurisdictions. The form originated with the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster...2 KB (274 words) - 19:31, 14 March 2024
- plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea and Alford doctrine) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, where the defendant...60 KB (3,628 words) - 04:17, 2 May 2024
- An ex post facto law is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed...62 KB (7,921 words) - 17:25, 3 August 2024
- Insanity defense (redirect from Plea of temporary insanity)strategy and whether to plead guilty, accept a plea agreement or plead not guilty. This issue is dealt with in UK law as "fitness to plead". Competency largely...67 KB (8,560 words) - 08:44, 14 August 2024
- North Carolina v. Alford (category Alford plea)Alford Plea: A Necessary But Unpredictable Tool for the Criminal Defendant". Iowa Law Review. 72: 1063. ISSN 0021-0552. Ward, Bryan H. (2003). "A Plea Best...11 KB (1,093 words) - 13:15, 19 July 2024
- Adversarial system (redirect from Adversarial law)handled without trial through such plea bargains. Plea bargains are becoming more common in 27 civil law countries. Law portal Adversary evaluation Exclusionary...11 KB (1,393 words) - 16:28, 17 July 2024
- A plea in equity, in the common law, is a statement of facts raised by a defendant which operates as a defense to an equitable claim raised by the plaintiff...1 KB (149 words) - 17:39, 9 November 2021
- Exchequer of Pleas, or Court of Exchequer, was a court that dealt with matters of equity, a set of legal principles based on natural law and common law in England...33 KB (4,480 words) - 18:27, 13 August 2024
- Ineffective assistance of counsel (category United States Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel case law)Assistance Of Counsel Through The Years Casey Scott McKay, Constitutional Law-the Plea-Bargaining Process-Mr. Counsel, Please Bargain Effectively for Your Client's...15 KB (1,784 words) - 03:44, 27 June 2024
- Plea bargaining in the United States is very common; the vast majority of criminal cases in the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than...25 KB (3,152 words) - 18:32, 7 August 2024
- Superior orders (category International criminal law)defense or just following orders, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether a member of the military, law enforcement, or the civilian population...42 KB (4,985 words) - 17:51, 16 August 2024
- Plea rolls are parchment rolls recording details of legal suits or actions in a court of law in England. Courts began recording their proceedings in plea...2 KB (304 words) - 18:47, 10 December 2023
- Volume VI Court of Common Pleas 2197128Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, Volume VI — Court of Common Pleas COMMON PLEAS, Court of (Communia Placita)
- Lynch (7 August 2003), Screening versus Plea Bargaining: Exactly What Are We Trading Off?, 55, Stanford Law Review [W]e cannot hold that it is unconstitutional
- A guilty plea should not be entered where the accused denies guilt. If the accused does not remember or recall the incident, the judge may still accept