Sentence examples for basis for the plea from inspiring English sources

The district court should have reviewed the factual basis for the plea, Mr. Martin said.

The costs of today's opaqueness are huge, creating the basis for the plea, "Save us or you'll lose the world".

The Rules for Courts-Martial say that a military judge cannot accept a plea of guilty without first making an inquiry of the accused as to the factual basis for the plea.

The net effect of these rules is that before accepting a plea of guilty, the military judge must conduct an inquiry to determine whether there is a factual basis for the plea and whether the accused understands the plea and enters it voluntarily.

Advocate depute Alex Prentice said: "The basis for the plea tendered being accepted is that the Crown accepts that the accused had no intention to kill Mikaeel and that the assault perpetrated upon him, although severe, fell short of the wicked recklessness required for murder".

According to a court document laying out the factual basis for the plea agreement, Petraeus maintained eight "black books" that contained classified information, including notes from his discussions with President Barack Obama.

This was the basis for the auto manufacturers' plea for a piece of the pie.

One of her lawyers, Tony Serra, explained that she was acknowledging that "there was a factual basis" for her guilty plea to charges that she had aided and abetted the bombing, which failed.

In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dismissed the other charges.

According to Matsuda, the basis for the video sprung from the song's main refrain, which acts as a kind of plea: "can you see / can you hear / my neon sign".

It formed the basis for "The Counterfeiters".