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North Carolina v. Alford
North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), 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. This type of plea has become known as an Alford plea, differing slightly from the "nolo contendere" plea in which the defendant agrees to being sentenced for the crime,
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, United States Department of Justice
- Issue: Effect of Alford Plea of Guilty, "Issues In NY Criminal Law", Volume 4, Issue 11.
- Transcript Of Plea Form, North Carolina, with question about term
- Court cases
- "North Carolina v. Alford", Supreme Court of the United States
- "US v. Szucko", Definition of term by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- "US v. Bierd", Definition