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Jersey Devil

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13. No, he did not plead guilty to state charges
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 07:18 PM
Nov 2018

He admitted to acts that would constitute state charges IF he had those state charges against him. He did not.

You can only plead guilty to state charges in state court. You cannot plead guilty to a state charge in federal court.

The states involved have to charge him first and if they wait until the statute of limitations expires on them (which varies depending on the charge) they are out of luck. Once charged, if he pleads not guilty the state prosecutors will point to his admissions made in federal court and use that as evidence of his guilt.

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