Sentence examples for allowed to plead from inspiring English sources

Mr. Doyle was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter.

Woodfox was allowed to plead "no contest" to lesser charges, which resulted in his immediate release.

He asked that he be allowed to plead guilty to capital murder, a request that will probably be denied.

Forced out of office, he was allowed to plead no contest to a single charge of income tax evasion.

Immediately after the trial, the witness was allowed to plead guilty to reduced charges that did not include rape.

He had earlier sent a letter to the judge in his case, asking that he be allowed to plead guilty.

The Army has routinely allowed soldiers to plead guilty to lesser charges in administrative actions that allow them to avoid prison time in return for their dismissal on other than honorable discharges.

After the case languished for three years, prosecutors allowed him to plead guilty to a misdemeanor.

In the Petraeus case, the F.B.I. recommended a felony indictment, but the Justice Department allowed him to plead to a misdemeanor.

The authorities had originally charged Catalano, 32, with smuggling illegal substances but in exchange for her cooperation allowed her to plead to a lesser charge, making false statements.

Mr. Velella managed to cut a deal that allowed him to plead guilty to one felony count and avoid trial on 24 other counts.