adjudication

tuomitseminen, tuomio, oikeuden ratkaisu The act of adjudicate adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
A judgment or sentence.
Burke

An adjudication in favour of natural rights.

Mr. C. says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. Mr. C. had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor.

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