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Upon receiving an Alford guilty plea from a defendant, the court may immediately pronounce the defendant guilty and impose sentence as if the defendant had otherwise been convicted of the crime.
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Upon and Alford
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Upon and guilty
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Upon and plea
Upon arriving and talking with his sibling, Charles finds to his horror that his brother has confessed to everything, and has no interest in trying to escape his plea.
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: Upon your dying lips, you beg your hopeless plea to an almighty power in order to spare your life ... As the Angel of Death descends upon you, a power, an evil power, snatches your life by the clutches of its own demonic hand ... You have been saved ...
Upon this, Jennings came anxiously and lustily to Paris to plea with the government and the minister of Marine concerning the embarkation of the troops and departure of the fleet.
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