33 Va. App. 410 - Perry v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
2
states following
January 2018
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · Savino v. Commonwealth · 14 Va. App. 58 - Dowell v. Commonwealth · 12 Va. App. 1145 - Dowell v. Com. · Dowell v. Commonwealth
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“treat Alford pleas as having the same preclusive effect as a guilty plea.” Perry v. Commonwealth, 33 Va.App. 410, 412 , 533 S.E.2d 651, 652 (2000) (citation omitted). As a result, they are often termed”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“`a defendant maintains innocence while entering a plea of guilty because the defendant concludes that his interests require entry of a guilty plea and the record before the court contains strong evidence of actual guilt.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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