Sentence examples for plead down from inspiring English sources

To avoid jail time, you plead down to a misdemeanor, with probation and a significant financial settlement.

When Robinson overheard Koger relaying that story Monday, he blushed with embarrassment and tried to plead down some details.

Mr. Hogan's cases never went to trial, and he was frequently allowed to plead down his charges.

He then allows the doctor to plead down to manslaughter, because the man loves his son and because he swears that his wife's death was an accident and, perhaps, because the guy lives in a Craftsman house.

In most nearby counties, prosecutors have had a higher rate of felony convictions in similar cases, because Ms. Pirro allowed nearly one in five defendants to plead down from felonies to misdemeanors, according to prosecutors' statistics.

Lewis, of course, was less than thrilled when the media brought up such things as his involvement in a 2000 double-homicide that ended when he plead down to obstruction of justice or the recent Sports Illustrated article that claims Lewis used a banned substance, New Zealand deer antler extract of all things, when recovering from a torn triceps injury earlier this season.

They also rejected a proposal to make it more difficult for drivers to reduce the severity of speeding tickets through court pleadings, but put in place a $25 surcharge for speeding tickets that are pleaded down to a low-level traffic offense.

"Even if he pleads down, he can only plead down one count and he would still face a minimum of two years in prison," said Robert C. Gottlieb, a New York-based criminal defense lawyer and a former prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney's office.

Most of the cases never went to trial, the charges having been dropped or pleaded down.

"Seventy-five percent of domestic violence cases are pled down to misdemeanors.

After violating an order of protection, he pleaded down to criminal contempt in that case last summer and served 30 days in jail, the authorities said.