Sentence examples for whether to plead from inspiring English sources

Mr. Deutch is said to be negotiating now with the Justice Department over whether to plead guilty to a misdemeanor.

They noted that a bedrock principle of law provides that clients, not their lawyers, decide whether to plead guilty or not guilty.

Mr. Bharara said in a speech in 2007, "Party affiliation can't tell you whether to indict a case, whether to plead it out, or how to try it".

We can probably all agree that a 14-year-old is too immature to make the informed decision of whether to plead guilty or go to trial.

Alistair MacDonald QC, chairman of the Bar Council, said: "No one should be influenced by the extent of a court charge in making their decision about whether to plead guilty".

At the time, the special counsel was building cases against both men, and Mr. Dowd's discussions with their lawyers raised the prospect that he was trying to influence their decisions about whether to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators.

In Pritchard's case, where a prisoner arraigned on an indictment for felony appeared to be deaf, dumb, and also of non-sane mind, Baron Alderson put three distinct issues to the jury, directing the jury to be sworn separately on each: Whether the prisoner was mute of malice, or by the visitation of God; (2) whether he was able to plead; (3) whether he was sane or not.

In these circumstances, the question in English law-and I respectfully submit that to the consideration of the Tribunal as being representative of natural justice in this regard-is, in deciding whether the defendant is fit to plead, whether the defendant be insane or not, and' the time which is relevant for the deciding of that issue is at the date of the arraignment and not at any prior time.

Mr. Coke, 41, was impassive as the judge advised him of his rights and asked whether he wanted to plead not guilty.

"They were on tonight". STEVE HOWE is keeping quiet on whether he intends to plead guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of attempting to possess cocaine.

Asked by a judge on Monday whether he wished to plead guilty, Mr. Breivik said, "I acknowledge the acts, but I don't plead guilty, as I claim I was doing it in self-defense".