Yamada v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"MR. YAMADA: No, Your Honor. I am not pleading guilty because I am guilty. I maintained that I had no criminal intent and I'm not guilty; however, I acknowledge that I did supply the endorsement of W.R. Inman to the check which was presented to the Northeast State Bank. I have never tried to hide that fact, but, Your Honor, I did not attempt to copy or make the signature look like that of W.R. Inman. I supplied that endorsement on the instructions of the owner of the funds who was my then employer, who stated that W.R. Inman was not entitled to the funds. He further instructed me to supply the endorsement. I believe he had the authority to ask me to do that. I again state I am willing to make complete and total restitution to any party who lost money because of my action. I am pleading guilty as a compromise and in order to avoid the expense and possible more serious consequence which might occur as a result of a trial. "THE COURT: All right, is the State in the position to make a showing as to what the evidence in this case would be? "MR. IGOU: I believe so, Your Honor. Judge, the State would expect to show, through its witnesses and testimony in evidence, that some meetings occurred prior to July, or prior to, at least, July 13, 1979, between Mr. Yamada and some of his associates and Mr. W.R. Inman of Higdon, Alabama, Jackson County, Alabama, and his associates regarding some coal property, and we expect to show that an agreement was reached for the payment of $75,000 to Mr”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 426 So. 2d 906 - Yamada v. State