so i\’m doing my normal morning cruise through the online dailies from the local fish-wrap factories, and come across a story about koren robinson entering a plea in his police chase case. (more background here.) did he plead guilty? did he plead not guilty? neither.
he pled alford.
no, not that alford. this one. in essence, one admits that there is sufficient evidence to be found guilty, but admits no guilt. i guess it makes sense– the prosecution gets what is (in essence) a guilty plea– ko ro will still be sentenced– without the risk of something going kaflooey in a trial. robinson will likely get a fine and (potentially) jail time, but admits no guilt. but it still seems weird.
and, considering my massive amount of legal knowledge comes from watching \”l.a. law\” as a kid, i guess i shouldn\’t really be surprised i hadn\’t heard of it. 🙂
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