Sentence examples for first pleaded from inspiring English sources

Mr. Todorovic, who had first pleaded not guilty, unexpectedly agreed last December to plead guilty to one count of persecution.

I refused to take the package and the woman first pleaded and persisted and then burst into tears: "You must take it, you must, please.

Mr. Kambanda, the world's first head of government ever to be convicted of genocide, had at first pleaded guilty to the charges.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials vigorously deny the lawyers' account that Ms. Jiang was manhandled, denied food for eight hours and ridiculed when she first pleaded for medical care.

He at first pleaded not guilty but switched his plea to no contest because, he said, he feared the impact of a contested lengthy trial on his brother Oleg's relationship to Mrs. Kennedy.

Placed on trial for murder, he first pleaded insanity, then allowed his lawyer to admit his guilt while entreating the jury "to send him forth free to resume that profession which is now his only love".

Rather than diverting offenders into community-based treatment, the proposal needlessly requires that the offender, even to be admitted to treatment, must first plead guilty and be conditionally sentenced to a disproportionately long 4 to 16 years in prison.

Leggette went first, pleading guilty to first-degree murder, meaning he will serve an automatic 25 years in prison.

Leggette went first, pleading guilty to first-degree murder, and Henneberry followed him, entering her own guilty plea to second-degree murder.

A third pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, in 2010.

A fourth pleaded guilty to providing material support and was sentenced to 15 years.