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guilty <\/span>– A plea of a criminal defendant who does not contest the charges.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The plea of a defendant in a criminal prosecution who admits having committed the crime with which he is charged.\u00a0 Having guilt; justly chargeable with a crime; not innocent; criminal.\u00a0 The state of a person who has committed an offense.\u00a0 Commonwealth v Walter<\/em>, 83 Pa 105, 108<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The plea a defendant in a criminal prosecution admitting having committed the crime with which she is charged.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

guilty plea<\/span> –<\/strong> (1942) <\/span>An accused person\u2019s formal admission in court of having committed the charged offense.\u00a0 *\u00a0 A guilty plea must be made voluntarily and only after the accused has been informed of and understands his or her rights.\u00a0 It ordinarily has the same effect as a guilty verdict and conviction after a trial on the merits.\u00a0 A guilty plea is usually part of a plea bargain. <\/span><\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A voluntary plea by an accused admitting the commission of the act charged as a criminal offense, generally permitted except in capital cases. 21 Am J2d Crim L \u00a7 484<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a criminal case, an admission or confession of guilt, a submission without contest, a waiver of defense, as conclusive as a verdict of a jury, admitting all material averments of fact in the accusation, leaving no issue for the jury, except in those instances where the extent of a punishment is to be imposed or found by the jury. 21 Am J2d Crim L \u00a7 495<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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