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How a plea is not the same as a finding after trial

A plea admits or bargains the charge, while a trial finding comes from tested evidence.

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From the opening

A plea is the defendant's formal answer to the charge, and a guilty plea admits the offense and gives up the trial that would have tested it. A finding after trial is a judge's or jury's decision that the evidence did or did not prove the charge. The opening covers a guilty plea admits the charge, a trial tests the evidence, and the waiver is supposed to be knowing.

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A guilty plea admits the charge
A trial tests the evidence
The waiver is supposed to be knowing
A bargain is still not a verdict
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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Guilty plea
Verdict after trial

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How a plea is not the same as a finding after trial

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