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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Please provide a link proving what you wrote above, or I will have to delete it.
Nothing I have read in the news points to anything you write above being true.
He pled guilty to a LESSER CHARGE. Why in the world would he do that if he then had to do as you say above?
https://wnyt.com/top-stories/saratog...educed-charge/ |
Do you know how a plea colloquy works? He must "admit the conduct made punishable by the law". (See here:
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclope...ens-court.html )
The way it works is the prosecutors and his defense lawyers will agree on a script setting forth the facts of his offense. So he won't simply be able to say "I am guilty of harassment". He will have to admit the facts of what he actually did.
The charge is knocked down. But that's the deal- you accept responsibility FOR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DID, and in exchange, the charge is knocked down and the greater charges are dismissed.
Indeed, the law cannot compel a defendant to admit anything other than the true facts. That would constitute perjury.
