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    Default What Happens After a Guilty Plea

    If I say that I am guilty in court am i still going to be questioned or is it just over fast?

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    Default Guilty Plea

    You will have to allocute - that is, state facts on the record sufficient to support your guilty plea.

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    Do you allucate on the stand?

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    Default Allocution for Guilty Plea

    I suppose it is possible; but in most courts the defendant simply stands at the defense table or before a podium, with his lawyer, facing the judge.

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