nolo contendere
plea of no contest
plea of no defence

The plea of nolo contendere is to be officially entered.

Which means if the case goes to court, his lawyer'll plead nolo contendere.

A restraining order was issued against him after he entered a plea of nolo contendere.

No contest is called Nolo contendere in the Latin terminology.

All four pleaded nolo contendere and received suspended sentences.

Nolo contendere, a plea in a criminal court case (also known as no contest)

He pleaded nolo contendere to a misdemeanor charge and received a sentence of three years' probation.

To the latter I plead nolo contendere.

"Nolo contendere, isn't that what crooked politicians usually plead?

With a nolo contendere, as Ellie was suggesting, a defendant didn't admit guilt, but still accepted a conviction.

There was no second trial because Holloway pleaded "no contest" (nolo contendere).

The Senator, irate, decides to conduct an on-the-spot investigation "nolo contendere."

The judge, who would have preferred a prison sentence, made clear that he regarded the nolo contendere as equal to a guilty plea.

Plead nolo contendere and take a withhold."

"Saw your mother last week," said the Judge, eyeing Clay as though hoping he would plead nolo contendere.

In the police cases, the players pleaded nolo contendere, which would indicate that the situations were one-sided for the police.

Robinson was arrested for assault and disturbing the peace, and plead Nolo contendere six months later.

His shrug said, Nolo contendere.

"Nolo contendere," she replied with a laugh, using the Latin term that defendants use when they do not contest charges lodged against them.

"To sign pleas of nolo contendere.

But in practice, I guess if she answered nolo contendere to the grand jury indictment, that would be regarded as a milestone."

In Alaska, a criminal conviction based on a nolo contendere plea may be used against the defendant in future civil actions.

Pleas of "nolo contendere" (no contest) and the "Alford plea" are allowed in some circumstances.

He would eventually plead nolo contendere to charges of accepting bribes and evading income taxes.

See also nolo contendere.

It is also referred to as a plea of no contest.

A plea of no contest is sometimes regarded as a compromise between the two.

The defendant may not enter a plea of no contest without approval from the court.

Chrysler had entered a plea of no contest to the criminal charges in December 1987.

Challenged elsewhere, Johnson enters similar pleas of no contest.

On November 8, 2011, Angle entered a plea of no contest and was fined $1,500.

Moreover, because of the plea of no contest, the court never examined the facts of the incident.

Cazares later entered a plea of no contest to charges of voluntary manslaughter.

Throughout the negotiations, Ajinomoto refused to plead guilty, saying it would instead be willing to offer a plea of no contest.

On June 26, 2009, the remaining five defendants entered pleas of no contest to a charge of simple battery.

He added: "The large majority are post-conviction, meaning there's already been a trial or a plea of no contest and the person has been convicted.

(In 43 cases the accused athlete pleaded guilty to a reduced charge or entered a plea of no contest; only 10 were convicted at trial.)

In return, the United States has consented'to let the Soviet Union enter a plea of no contest to its charges until that investigation is completed.

He accepted Dr. Redd's plea of no contest to three charges of selling unregistered securities.

DeQuinte Flournoy later changed his position and entered a plea of no contest to a reduced charge of felony aggravated battery.

His plea of no contest to the murder of Kathleen Meyer in 1991 arose once DNA evidence linked him to the case.

On September 21, 2012, Johnson entered a plea of no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery, avoiding jail time in an agreement with prosecutors and Lozada.

He said Ms. Trutt "strongly contested all the relevant facts" in the case against her, and therefore entered her plea of no contest. '

These untruths would lead, in 1977, to Helms's plea of no contest on two misdemeanor counts, resulting in a fine of $2,000 and a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Last month, over the objection of the Justice Department prosecutors, Ashland Oil entered a plea of no contest, thus not admitting guilt in an effort to avoid further liability.

Engel's career ended after he entered a plea of no contest to charges of stealing more than 4,000 1990 Score baseball cards from a Bakersfield, California Target store.

He has served about half of an 18-month probation he received last year, after his arrest and plea of no contest on charges of drug possession and solicitation of prostitution.

A plea of no contest has the same effect in a criminal case as a guilty plea, except it cannot be used as an admission of criminal action in a civil case.

A lawyer involved with the case said Mr. Tulloch would most likely enter a guilty plea because a judge in such a serious case would be highly unlikely to accept a plea of no contest.

On October 3, 2011, he entered a plea of no contest to both charges, and was sentenced to one day in county jail, three years of probation, 52 weeks of anger management counseling and 30 days of community service.