" According to University of Richmond Law Review, " When offering an Alford plea, a defendant asserts his innocence but admits that sufficient evidence exists to convict him of the offense.

When the prosecution attempted to adduce evidence that this constituted insanity within the Rules, she changed her plea to guilty but on appeal, the Court ruled that she had been merely denying mens rea rather than raising a defence under the Rules and her conviction was quashed.

In the 1991 book Presumed Guilty: When Innocent People Are Wrongly Convicted, author Martin Yant discusses the use of coercion in plea bargaining.

When such an agreement is proposed, the court can reject it if it disagrees with the proposed sentence, in which case the defendant has an opportunity to withdraw his plea.

When the defendant deems that the punishment that would, concretely, be handed down is less than five-year imprisonment ( or that it would just be a fine ), the defendant may plea bargain with the prosecutor.

When both the prosecutor and the defendant have come to an agreement, the proposal is submitted to the judge, who can refuse or accept the plea bargaining.

When Akeem donates their travel money ( to the homeless Randolph and Mortimer Duke of Trading Places ) after Semmi nearly blows their cover, Semmi transmits a plea to King Joffer for more financial help.

When the verdict for the trial comes in, Amanda's plea to the jury to " judge this case as you would if the sexes were reversed " proves successful, and Doris is found not guilty.

When it became clear that the women's remains would never be found without Robinson's cooperation, a compromise of sorts was reached: In a carefully scripted plea in October, 2003, Robinson acknowledged only that Koster had enough evidence to convict him of capital murder for the deaths of Godfrey, Clampitt, Bonner, and the Faiths.

" When rumors of mutiny in the higher rank circulated in March 1783, Washington held a meeting in which he made an impassioned plea for restraint.

When Thornton was called upon for his plea, he responded, " Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same with my body.

When news spread to the Bada Bing and Tony's crew that Johnny had passed he was given a touching salute from his friends and fellow boss, showing that despite his guilty plea Johnny was still a respected mobster and Cosa Nostra associate.

When Nimitz, at CINCPAC headquarters in Hawaii, saw Kincaid's plea for help he sent a message to Halsey, simply asking for the current location of Task Force 34, which due to a previous misunderstanding, was unclear:

When Rayek tried to answer the plea for help echoing straight from the time of the High Ones ' crash on the World of Two Moons, he abducted Leetah, Suntop, Skywise, Ekuar, Ember and Trinket ( a troll girl ) and took them into the ' Far Ahead Time ' in the Palace.

When asked to enter a plea, he declared himself " not guilty of any treason whatsoever ," objecting to a jury being made responsible for his death but allowing that he would be tried by God and country.

When the plea agreement was finalized, the initial 10-year sentence was still intact, with two years added for Tammy's death.

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, When he beats his bars and would be free ; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings – I know why the caged bird sings.

When a young woman warns him to leave, Fridolin ignores her plea and is soon exposed as an interloper.

When the court overruled Barnes Compton ’ s plea and granted guardianship to Wilson Compton, the boy fought against the ruling.

When he offers to help them when their lifespan ends, they deny his plea and head back to the building to look for Amanda Waller and their as-yet-unactivated clones.

When Gibbs was admitted to hospital, Abby ended up on the verge of a nervous breakdown, pacing back and forth while delivering a rambling, disjointed stream-of-consciousness plea that explained ( among other things ) how close she and Gibbs were, the reason she was arriving after visiting hours, how she felt about Gibbs being injured, and how important it was to her that Gibbs not die from his injuries.

When Grossberg heard Peterson's statement in detail, she agreed to a plea bargain, on April 22, 1998.

When Nintendo revived the industry, they signed up software development companies to create NES games under a strict license agreement which imposed serious restrictions on what they were allowed to do.

When he would not, the Synod of Alexandria met in an emergency session and a unanimous agreement was reached.

When Ball returned to weekly television, she and Arnaz worked out an agreement regarding Desilu, wherein she bought him out.

When Auckland refused to put the agreement in writing, Dost Mohammad turned his back on the British and began negotiations with Vitkevich.

When CBC was denied a new licensing agreement with MLBAM ( they had acquired the rights from the baseball players ' association ) for its fantasy baseball game, CBC filed suit.

When it is recalled that it was once the task of Owtred to defend the political interests of England against the demands of Avignon, one would more likely see him in agreement with Wycliffe than in opposition.

When transaction costs are low and parties involved are perfectly informed, a mutually beneficial agreement will occur: whoever values the property the highest will end up with it.

When this agreement became public in May 1922, bitter resentment was expressed in Germany, but the treaty was still ratified by both countries.

When he was 15, Louis ' mother brought an end to the Albigensian Crusade in 1229 after signing an agreement with Count Raymond VII of Toulouse that cleared the latter's father of wrongdoing.

When the two sides became tired of war, they came to a peace agreement and exchanged hostages.

When the agreement was made to pass on the rights to the FSF, there was a clause that stated

When the expense of mechanisms to provide QoS is justified, network customers and providers can enter into a contractual agreement termed a service level agreement ( SLA ) which specifies guarantees for the ability of a network / protocol to give guaranteed performance / throughput / latency bounds based on mutually agreed measures, usually by prioritizing traffic.

When PTS awarded four licenses for the 3rd generation mobile networks in December 2000, Telia was not among the winners, but later established an agreement to build a 3G network jointly with Tele2 using Tele2's licence.

When it was a television program, an agreement was in place between television producers and music licensing organizations such as ASCAP and BMI wherein a standard licensing fee was paid for each song that was played on a television show.

When the parties can agree and present the court with a fair and equitable agreement, approval of the divorce is almost guaranteed.

When news of a peace agreement between Portugal and the Netherlands reached Asia in 1663, Goa was the only remaining Portuguese city on the west coast.

The Scots Holding Their Young King's Nose To the Grindstone, from a satirical English pamphlet When negotiations stalled, Charles authorised General Montrose to land in the Orkney Islands with a small army to threaten the Scots with invasion, in the hope of forcing an agreement more to his liking.

When it became apparent that Western countries would not supply Egypt under financial and military terms acceptable to it, Nasser turned to the Soviet bloc and concluded a satisfactory armaments agreement with Czechoslovakia in September 1955.

When Bourdonnais was forced to leave India in October after the devastation of his squadron by a cyclone Dupleix reneged on the agreement.

When Downes split in 2006, Payne owned a significant portion of the rights to the band name ' Asia ', until a legal agreement was set by both bands management.

When there is no definitive agreement, disputes about who the Co-Founders were can arise.