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Your plea is : Guilty or Not Guilty.
The legal definition of convicted is one whom a court has officially determined is guilty of a criminal offense. That determination is made at the conclusion of a criminal prosecution or after the entry of a plea of guilty.
Yes, you can change your plea to guilty at any time up to - and including - your court appearance.
A plea of guilty - usually to a lesser offense.
In traffic court you can plead in the following manner: Guilty - Not Guilty - No Contest - or (in some traffic courts) Guilty With An Explanation.
By finding the defendant either guilty or not guilty.
An inmate who pleaded guilty might prevail on appeal if he could show ineffective assistance of counsel or some misrepresentation of the consequences of his plea, but this would be unusual.
Not familiar with the terminology "throw out plea," but it sounds as if the defense attorney is offering ("throwing out") the offer of a plea bargain in exchange for a pleading his client guilty to a lesser offense.
No, it is a guilty plea
No, this is a procedure used in criminal court when the prosecutor tries to get the defendant to plead guilty to the charge in order to get a lesser charge than a maximum sentence.
An Alford plea is a plea in a criminal court in which the defendant does not admit guilt but concedes the government has sufficient evidence to convict.
You would have to go to court and plead your case.