" In the 1999 South Carolina Supreme Court case State v. Gaines, the Court held that Alford guilty pleas were to be held valid in the absence of a specific on-the-record ruling that the pleas were voluntary – provided that the sentencing judge acted appropriately in accordance with the rules for acceptance of a plea made voluntarily by the defendant.

Many of his fans also felt that by supporting the Gaines project they would lose the real Garth Brooks.

Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952.

Gaines sold his company in the early 1960s to the Kinney Parking Company, which would also acquire National Periodicals ( aka DC Comics ) and Warner Bros. by the end of that decade.

The delegates selected a committee of five to draft a declaration of independence ; the committee was led by George Childress and also included Edward Conrad, James Gaines, Bailey Hardeman, and Collin McKinney.

However, the " glimpse " goes on and on while the strikers blacken themselves in reader's eyes by callously causing the death and wounding of innocent passengers-and Gaines correspondingly wins the reader's sympathy and identification.

Critics ( such as Jane Gaines, Ronald Green, and Pearl Bowser and Louise Spence ) celebrated the skill with which Micheaux intercut the lynching of the Landry family with the attempted rape of Sylvia by Gridlestone.

Describing the origins of Hawkman, Fox recalled, " I was faced with the problem of filling a new book that publisher Max Gaines was starting ... As I sat by the window I noticed a bird collecting twigs for a nest.

Inspired by a book of the same name by Charles Gaines and George Butler, the film nominally focuses on the competition between Arnold Schwarzenegger and his primary competitor for the title of Mr. Olympia, Lou Ferrigno.

* Inventory of county records, Gaines County courthouse, Seminole, Texas, hosted by the Portal to Texas History

Burnett was absent from the day-to-day operations from 2000 to 2004, and was replaced by Barbara Gaines and Maria Pope, both of whom continue to serve as executive producers, with Gaines currently acting as on-air producer.

As World War II began, Bill Gaines was rejected by the United States Army, United States Coast Guard and United States Navy, so he went to his draft board and requested to be drafted.

Gaines ' comics may have appealed to adults, but comic books were ( and to a degree, still are ) considered by the general public to be aimed at children.

But it has come to be remembered as a steadfast defense of the intellectual and creative freedoms later affirmed by Gaines ' Mad, among others:

Gaines was depicted by the national media as America's most amoral publisher.

By 1955, EC was effectively driven out of business by the backlash, and by the Comics Magazine Association of America This was an industry group that Gaines himself had suggested to the industry in order to insulate themselves from outside censorship, but he soon lost control of the organization to John Goldwater, publisher of the innocuous Archie teenage comics.

The Comics Code that was approved and adopted by most of the country's prominent publishers contained restrictions specifically targeted at Gaines ' line of horror and crime comic books.

Although he had already ceased publishing his line of horror comics, Gaines refused to subscribe to the Code, considering it hypocritical and not applicable to the new, clean line of realistic comics that he was promoting by then.

Kurtzman left Gaines ' employ a year later anyway and was replaced by Al Feldstein, who had been Gaines ' most prolific editor during the EC Comics run.

In the state legislature Ione is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 10th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Alyson Huber.

In the state legislature Copperopolis is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by Republican Kristin Olsen.

In the state legislature Cameron Park is part of the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox, and the 4th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines.

In the state legislature Diamond Springs is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines.

In the state legislature El Dorado Hills is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 10th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Alyson Huber, who resides in El Dorado Hills.

In the state legislature Georgetown is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox ( d. 13 July 2010 ), and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines.

Republican Ted Gaines resigned his Assembly seat after winning a special election in January 2011 to replace deceased Senator Dave Cox.

In the state legislature Shingle Springs is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines.

In the state legislature Mammoth Lakes is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by Republican Kristin Olsen.

In the state legislature Lake of the Pines is located in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines.

In the state legislature Chester is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Dan Logue.

In the state legislature Portola is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Dan Logue.

In the state legislature Carmichael is located in the 1st and 6th Senate Districts, represented by Republican Ted Gaines and Democrat Darrell Steinberg respectively, and in the 5th and 10th Assembly Districts, represented by Democrat Richard Pan and Democrat Alyson Huber respectively.

Republican Ted Gaines represents the community in the State Senate, while Democrat Richard Pan, represents the community in the State Assembly.

In the state legislature Folsom is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines and in the 5th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Dr. Richard Pan.

In the state legislature North Highlands is located in the 1st and 6th Senate Districts, represented by Republican Dave Cox and Democrat Darrell Steinberg respectively, and in the 4th and 5th Assembly Districts, represented by Republicans Ted Gaines and Roger Niello respectively.

In the state legislature Rancho Cordova is located in the 1st and 6th Senate Districts, represented by Republican Ted Gaines and Democrat Darrell Steinberg respectively, and in the 10th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Alyson Huber.

In the state legislature Rio Linda is located in the 6th Senate District, represented by Democrat Darrell Steinberg, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines.

In the state legislature Wilton is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 15th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Joan Buchanan.

In the state legislature McArthur is located in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republicans Doug LaMalfa and Ted Gaines, and in the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Republicans Jim Nielsen and Dan Logue.

In the state legislature Loyalton is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Dan Logue.

In the state legislature Rancho Calaveras is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by Republican Kristin Olsen.

In the state legislature South Lake Tahoe is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Beth Gaines, wife of Ted Gaines.