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36 sats \ 3 replies \ @jasonb 30 Jul \ parent \ on: Samourai Wallet developers expected to plead guilty tomorrow bitcoin
Man, this is just horrible. I hate the idea of them going to jail for basically enforcing the fourth amendment onchain in America, but I’m also trying to remember if plea deals establish case law. You’d be the guy to ask, right?
In order to accept a plea, the defendants will have to admit to facts that constitute the crime they are pleading guilty to. It is called an allocution. Whatever conduct is admitted to, if the court agrees it is sufficient to establish the crime being pled to , could serve as precedent. However, if there is no appellate review (if the defendants waive the right to appeal), its precedential value is low.