Originally posted on 03/20/2024:

Quote Originally Posted by jackpot269 View Post
Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy would charge you with perjury when, or if you lied during the allocution.

But this is what it is in real life.

From the court’s perspective, judges cannot simply accept a defendant’s guilty plea. They must determine that there is an “adequate factual basis to support the charge and the plea” and that the plea was “knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made.” Allocution statements aid in making these determinations. With this in mind, not all defendants exercise their right to submit an allocution statement directly to the court. Lawyers may submit statements on the defendant’s behalf, or statements may be waived entirely. According to a 2014 survey of federal judges, 84 percent of defendants in federal court exercise their right to allocution.

thanks for agreeing I was correct on this one.

Remember, it's what they can prove.