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Plea

In law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge. A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. Depending on jurisdiction, additional pleas may be available, including nolo contendere (no contest), no case to answer (in the United Kingdom), or an Alford plea (in the United States).

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Types of plea

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United States

Special pleas

Plea in mitigation

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Plea

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples59
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Plea

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related to "Voluntary and intelligent" · 16
Plea → Accordingly, Court, Empirical, However, Intelligent, Johnson, Kentucky, Padilla, Supreme Court, The, Thus, Typically, United States Supreme Court, Virtually, Voluntary, Zerbst
related to Common law · 11
Plea → By God, Edward Coke, Giles Corey, Historically, In, James, New England, Obtaining, There, When, Witchcraft
related to Special pleas · 9
Plea → Demurrer, England, It, Other, Special, Three, Unlike, Wales, Which
related to Types of plea · 7
Plea → Germany, However, In, Other, The, United Kingdom, United States
related to "Unambiguous plea" · 5
Plea → Appeal, Atkinson, Court, Guilty, In
related to US criminal procedure · 5
Plea → Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules, If, One, Similarly
related to Peremptory pleas · 2
Plea → These, They
related to Plea in mitigation · 2
Plea → Commonwealth, It
is a · 1
Plea → defendant's response to a criminal charge
see also · 1
Plea → Pleading

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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pleais adefendant's response to a criminal charge0.90text
Plearelated to "Unambiguous plea"In0.60section
Plearelated to "Unambiguous plea"Atkinson0.60section
Plearelated to "Unambiguous plea"Court0.60section
Plearelated to "Unambiguous plea"Appeal0.60section
Plearelated to "Unambiguous plea"Guilty0.60section
Plearelated to "Voluntary and intelligent"United States Supreme Court0.60section
Plearelated to "Voluntary and intelligent"Johnson0.60section
Plearelated to "Voluntary and intelligent"Zerbst0.60section
Plearelated to "Voluntary and intelligent"The0.60section
Plearelated to "Voluntary and intelligent"Accordingly0.60section
Plearelated to "Voluntary and intelligent"Typically0.60section

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