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State v. Palmer

Citations

  • 196 Conn. 157
  • 491 A.2d 1075
  • 1985 Conn. LEXIS 763

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  • “[a] guilty plea under the Alford doctrine is a judicial oxymoron in that the defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges that the state’s evidence against him is so strong that he is prepared to accept the entry of a guilty plea nevertheless”
  • ‘‘[a] guilty plea under the Alford doctrine is a judicial oxymoron in that the defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges that the state’s evidence against him is so strong that he is prepared to accept the entry of a guilty plea nevertheless’’

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Judges: Parskey, Peters, Santaniello

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