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The other defendants agreed to plea deals.
Earlier this year, after Mr. Holmes's defense team said it was not ready to enter a plea, Judge William B. Sylvester entered a standard not guilty plea on Mr. Holmes's behalf.
At an arraignment in March, a judge entered a straightforward not guilty plea on Mr. Holmes's behalf after his lawyers said they were not ready to enter a plea.
A judge entered a standard not guilty plea for Mr. Holmes after his lawyers said last month that they were not ready to enter a plea.
His son's criminal lawyer was ready to take a plea deal, which would involve prison time, the father said.
Mr. Holmes is scheduled to be arraigned Friday, but his defense filed papers Thursday that he is not ready to enter a plea.
At an earlier hearing, he had gone to court ready to accept a plea deal, his lawyer said, only to decide against it.
But Mr. Holmes's lawyers told the court on Tuesday that they were not ready to enter any plea, and said they did not know when they might be ready.
Defense lawyers, who were appointed by the court, said most of the immigrants were ready to accept the plea deals because of the hard bargain driven by the prosecutors.
Beware the "Dump Truck" lawyer, ready to rush into a plea bargain.
I had to plea-bargain.
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