Sex Offender Treatment and Alford Pleas
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 12, Number 04, November/December 2010 , pp.58-58(1)
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Abstract:
Alford plea allows the entry of a guilty plea while the defendant also asserts his innocence, to subsequently force admission of guilt in mandated treatment renders the Alford plea meaningless.Keywords: State v. Faraday , 842 A.2d 567 , Warren v. Richland Co. Circuit Ct ., 223 F.3d 454 , State v. Alston , 534 S.E.2d 666 , State ex rel. Warren v. Schwarz , 579 N.W.2d 698 , People v. Birdsong , 958 P.2d 1124 , State v. Jones , 926 P.2d 1318
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