context: The circuit court agreed with the prosecutor's description. Thus, when Clark failed to comply with the terms of the "good behavior" agreement, his stipulation was "itself a conviction [and] nothing remain[ed] but to give judgment and determine punishment."
citation_a.signal: but cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that a defendant's strategic stipulation to certain facts of the crime was not the functional equivalent of a guilty plea where the defendant's stipulation did not establish guilt
citation_a.sentence: But cf. Perkins v. State, 808 So.2d 1041, 1098 (Ala.Crim.App.1999), overruled on other grounds, Perkins v. Alabama, 586 U.S. 953, 122 S.Ct. 2653, 153 L.Ed.2d 830 (2002) (holding that a defendant’s strategic stipulation to certain facts of the crime was not the functional equivalent of a guilty plea where the defendant’s stipulation did not establish guilt).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that a defendant's stipulation to the facts establishing guilt was the functional equivalent of guilty plea
citation_b.sentence: See also Ex parte Howard, 710 So.2d 460, 465 (Ala.1997) (same); see also State v. Alien, 220 Ariz. 430, 207 P.3d 683, 687 (Ct.App.2008) (holding that a defendant’s stipulation to the facts establishing guilt was the functional equivalent of guilty plea).