Noun
Alford plea (plural Alford pleas)
(US, law) A plea in criminal court in which the defendant does not admit guilt but concedes the government has sufficient evidence to convict.
About 17% of State inmates and 5% of Federal inmates submitted either an Alford plea or a no contest plea, regardless of the type of attorney. Source: Internet
An Alford plea means that Yamaguchi did not admit guilt but agreed that prosecutors could prove their case. Source: Internet
A Guide to Military Criminal Law notes that under the Alford plea, "the defendant concedes that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict, but the defendant still refuses to admit guilt." Source: Internet
Each man then entered an Alford plea to lesser charges of first- and second-degree murder while verbally stating their innocence. Source: Internet
In an Alford plea, defendant has to admit that he has reviewed the state's evidence, a reasonable jury could find him guilty, and he wants to take advantage of a plea offer that has been made. Source: Internet
Others hold that an Alford plea is simply one form of a guilty plea, citation citation and, as with other guilty pleas, the judge must see there is some factual basis for the plea. Source: Internet