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In the United States, state law determines whether, and under what circumstances, a defendant may plead no contest in state criminal cases. In federal court, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure only allow a nolo contendere plea to be entered with the court's consent; before accepting the plea, the court is required to "consider the parties' views and the public interest in the effective ...
Max Leon was sentenced to 10 years after pleading no contest Wednesday. He was accused of firing two shots into the Copperhead Tattoo shop Jan. 28, 2022, striking an employee twice. Leon was ...
Marilyn Manson was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and a fine on Monday after pleading no contest to blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire. The shock ...
Jose Cuatro pleaded no contest to first degree murder and torture and faces 32 years to life in prison. Ursual Juarez pleaded no context to second-degree murder and torture and faces 22 years to ...
In law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge. [1] A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. Depending on jurisdiction, additional pleas may be available, including nolo contendere (no contest), no case to answer (in the United Kingdom), or an Alford plea (in the United States).
In United States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, [1] an Alford guilty plea, [2] [3] [4] and the Alford doctrine, [5] [6] [7] is a guilty plea in criminal court, [8] [9] [10] whereby a defendant in a criminal case does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence, but accepts imposition of a sentence.
The co-founder of a specialty pharmacy that was at the center of a deadly national meningitis outbreak in 2012 pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan, authorities said Tuesday.
Sep. 19—A Beaver County man has pleaded no contest to two counts in connection with multiple sexual offenses against a Crawford County child more than four years ago. Gabriel S. Bonish initially ...