McDougal v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The appellant pleaded guilty to robbery in the first degree as charged in the indictment. The indictment charged the appellant with armed robbery, citing a pistol as the weapon used.... “The Alabama Supreme Court has held that a voluntary and intelligent guilty plea conclusively proves the defendant’s guilt, constitutes an admission of all facts sufficiently charged in the indictment, and ‘obviates the necessity of proof by the State.’ Dingier v. State, 408 So.2d 530, 532 (Ala.1981). See also, Ex parte Sanlcey, 364 So.2d 362 (Ala.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 964 , 99 S.Ct. 1513 , 59 L.Ed.2d 779 (1979); Matthews v. State, 659 So.2d 991 (Ala.Crim.App.1994) (the plea admits to all elements of the offense.) The appellant thus admitted to facts that would invoke § 13A-5-6(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McNair v. State