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He had taken the rap, with a plea of guilty.

And after a plea of guilty, a court usually wants to hear some testimony to find out what the case is really about.

The first charge was proved upon, the plea of guilty.

"Understanding this, do you persist in your plea of guilty?"

This was later changed to a plea of guilty.

The only alternative, and the less likely one, would be a plea of guilty but mentally ill.

You can withdraw your plea of guilty and we will go to trial."

On July 15, 2002, he entered his plea of guilty to the two remaining charges.

At the appeal hearing both parties asked the court to enter a plea of guilty.

He said Fisher's plea of guilty had been a mitigating factor.

You are not allowed to enter a plea of guilty to a murder charge."

In the event of a plea of guilty, the Court will then consider sentence.

He entered a plea of guilty to both charges and awaited sentencing.

This principle applies at the sentencing phase, even after a plea of guilty.

Each time he refused to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.

How about a full confession, a quick plea of guilty, and I'll do what I can for you with the court?

"I think Billy Joe should enter a plea of guilty."

However, on April 25, 2012, he changed his plea and entered a plea of guilty.

The accused surprised his solicitors by entering a plea of guilty on all charges.

The jury would have no role in most homicide cases, since a plea of guilty would be the norm.

It may also have a negative effect on prosecutors who might be inclined to settle for a plea of guilty to assault instead.

At that time under English law if a prisoner refused to plead then this was treated as a plea of guilty.

In civil law jurisdictions, there is generally no concept of a plea of guilty.

There was no mitigating feature in the shape of a plea of guilty.

We will go through the motions, the indictment, your plea of guilty, the sentence, which my colleagues do indeed plan to make extreme.

"This guilty plea takes one more person off the street."

"A guilty plea says it all and now he should do his time," she said.

"The only way it makes sense is as a guilty plea," he said.

He said guilty pleas by both also played a part in his decision.

It was going to be a quick guilty plea and then run.

He is expected to enter a guilty plea in federal court today.

The procedure has the same effect as a guilty plea.

A guilty plea during trial would carry 12 to 15 years.

Maybe he wants the defense to switch to a guilty plea.

The court is not required to accept a guilty plea.

His guilty plea would be the first from a major figure in the inquiry.

He called for all guilty pleas to see the court clerk.

The city entered a guilty plea back in October 2011.

Five more guilty pleas are expected on Monday, the officials said.

He expects to get guilty pleas from others in coming weeks.

After the guilty plea, the board, by law, will consider further disciplinary action.

Now, a guilty plea starts to bring out some of the crimes.

He is facing an additional 25 years on that guilty plea.

His information has led to more than 50 arrests and many guilty pleas.

It made no mention of the state's investigation or his guilty plea two hours earlier.

After his 1989 guilty plea, he was sentenced to 12 1/2 to 25 years in prison.

The initial guilty plea had called for a sentence of no more than 30 years.

"The real question is whether the judge should be forced to accept the guilty plea or not."

But the company did not succeed in having the case against it closed with its guilty plea.

Dixon was going to have to be made to think seriously about a guilty plea.