Guilty Plea - Law Dictionary Search Results
plead
called upon to "Kansas Statutes Annotated"] see also alternative 2 : to make a specific plea [ not guilty] ;also : to make a plea of guilty [agreed to to the lesser charge] vt 1 : to
Plea
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nolo contendere plea
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Respondeat ouster
bar, he has judgment of respondent ouster, and may plead over to the offence the general issue, not guilty, Steph. Com., 7th ed., iii. 569; iv. 405. (let him make further answer) -- A judgment or order … Respondeat ouster (let him answer over). If a demurrer is joined in a plea to the jurisdiction, person, or writ, etc., and it be judged that the defendant put in a more
VerbarNolo contendere
in a criminal prosecution which without admitting guilt subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of guilty
Diversity
to try the collateral issue thus raised, viz., the identity of the person; and not whether he is guilty or innocent, for that has been already decided, 4 Bl. Com. 396. See also 1 Hale's Pleas of … Diversity, a plea by the prisoner in bar of execution, alleging that he is not the same who was attainted, upon
manifest injustice
manifest injustice : an outcome in a case that is plainly and obviously unjust [acceptance of an involuntary guilty plea constitutes manifest injustice]
judicial confession
judicial confession : a confession made in a legal proceeding (as in a trial) [a guilty plea supported by a judicial confession]
confession
necessary elements of the crime. In order to be admissible as evidence, a confession must be voluntary. A guilty plea is considered a judicial confession.
Mitigation
is a speech made by the defendant or his counsel to the judge, after verdict or plea of guilty, and which may be followed by a speech in aggravation from the prosecuting counsel. By 27 & 28
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