Brooks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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40 state decisions

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1. “An Alford plea allows a defendant to plead guilty to a charged offense and accept criminal penalty even if he or she is unwilling or unable to admit to committing the acts constituting the offense.” Brooks v. State, 242 S.W.3d 705 , 707 n.2 (Mo. banc 2008); see Alford, 400 U.S. at 37-38 , 91 S.Ct. 160 . 4 . When a defendant attempts to escape justice by absconding, an appellate court may apply the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ramon Steger v. State of Missouri

2. “[w]here the motion court determines that the movant is to be resentenced, as in this case, that issue is decided, and the fact that resentencing has not occurred prior to the appeal being filed does not cause the motion court's judgment to be interlocutory.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jeffcott v. State