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- Title
"A Pious Fraud": The Prohibition of Conditional Guilty Pleas in Rhode Island.
- Authors
Whalen, Marjorie
- Abstract
In this article, the author presents his opinion regarding Rhode Island's prohibition of conditional guilty pleas and searches for the rationale behind the prohibition in Rhode Island Supreme Court decisions. He also discusses a survey of other jurisdictions that prohibit conditional guilty pleas and the arguments against conditional guilty pleas. Further he argues that Rhode Island should permit the entry of conditional guilty pleas.
- Subjects
RHODE Island; UNITED States; PROHIBITION, United States, 1920-1933; RHODE Island. Supreme Court; PLEAS (Criminal procedure); GUILTY pleas
- Publication
Roger Williams University Law Review, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 2, p480
- ISSN
1090-3968
- Publication type
Opinion