Sentence examples for plea once from inspiring English sources

The court interpreted the law to mean that a defendant could not enter a guilty plea once a prosecutor had filed a notice that the death penalty was sought or until the prosecutor withdrew the notice.

That represents a turnaround for District Attorney Johnson, who had a reputation for being bureaucratic and inflexible when it came to plea deals, once barring prosecutors from accepting pleas in felony cases unless they included the top charge.

"I'm not using drugs currently," Mrs. Hiett told the court while entering her plea, "but once you're a drug addict, you're a drug addict for the rest of your life".

Meanwhile, the ever-so-brief plea Mr. Collen once made to Ms. Simmons has inspired a new project.

People close to her said she decided to change her plea from innocent once she understood the evidence against her and the magnitude of the destruction wrought by what became known as the Serbs' "ethnic cleansing" campaign.

A federal judge still needs to accept Citi and JPMorgan's guilty pleas -- but once that occurs, the banks will officially become felons convicted of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Once the plea deal was completed, the judge's order was dropped.

A second plea on Friday said: "Once again I am asking whoever is faxing the contents of this site to British members of parliament to please stop.

Kamens replied, "I'm happy to talk to you about this in more detail, but the system is designed so that once your plea is entered and the judge imposes a sentence . . .

Moussaoui responded, "That's your — your interpretation!" Moussaoui's confusion and inability to understand the consequences of a guilty plea prompted his attorneys once again to raise the question with Judge Brinkema of his competency to defend himself.

That's why, as Barack Obama makes his latest impassioned and forceful plea to close it once and for all, it is shameful that he is leaving in place the practices that enabled it to flourish in the first place.