plea
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4.7
- noun
- /pliː/
- Formal
:
declaración
- Does defense wish to enter a plea?
- a guilty plea
- a plea bargain
- plea bargaining
They rejected the plea deal and pleaded not guilty.
- They rejected the plea deal and pleaded not guilty.
- All right, what is Takashi's plea agreement?
- Well, no, I my plan going in, it's the reason I took the plea.
- And Marshall's strategy was to sort of he was hoping that that Irvin would take the plea.
- And even though my perpetrator took a guilty plea, it still took almost a year for him to be sentenced.
- And that's when Brett Sennis fingered him and started working on his plea deal.
- Here, there is both a pending indictment as well as a plea deal that covered at least some of this alleged conduct.
- So he took, I think he took a plea deal for cooperating with the FBI for that case.
- And we just entered a guilty plea in DC last week, taken into custody awaiting sentencing in December.
Examples
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During the arraignment, the judge asked the accused to enter a plea of not guilty.
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And on the day the court case starts, you can change your plea to guilty.
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Do you understand why I made the decision on whether or not to accept your plea deal, and why it would be made public?
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A plea of "not guilty" will be entered.
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I understand your client desires to enter a plea of guilty.
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We would, Your Honor, and on behalf of my client, I'd enter a Not Guilty plea.
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I'll accept your plea of guilty, Mr. Madigan.
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I suspect they'll go along with a guilty plea.
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It was a plea bargain with the courts.
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Company president Gilbert E. Hinefelt entered a guilty plea in the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire.
Academic text (1990)
Compounds
- Specialized
64
4.2
An agreement where a person accused of a crime admits guilt to a smaller charge to get a lighter sentence
- Formal
6
7.3
A claim in court that a person was mentally ill when they did a crime and not responsible for it
- Specialized
6
4.5
A deal where someone accused admits guilt to a smaller charge to avoid a trial
- Specialized
1
8.4
A claim that a person is not to blame for a crime because of mental illness
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plea in the legal sense also comes from the same old word and is related to plead and please. That's why a legal plea is the official answer a person gives in court, saying if they are guilty or not guilty.