South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts133—Conviction on plea of guilty of offence other than that charged
If a person arraigned on an information pleads not guilty of an offence
charged in the information but guilty of some other offence of which the
person might be found guilty on trial for the offence charged, and the plea of
guilty is accepted by the prosecution, then (whether or not the 2 offences are
separately charged in distinct counts)—
(a) the
person may be convicted on the plea of guilty, sentenced for the offence to
which the plea of guilty is entered and the conviction operates as an
acquittal of the offence charged; and
(b) if
the person has been placed in the charge of the jury, the jury may be
discharged without being required to give a verdict (unless the trial is to
continue in respect of further counts that are unaffected by the plea).