When answering, use easy words please.
2007-03-16 10:17:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
Pleading guilty means that you know for a fact that you did it, and that you are admiting that you are 100% guilty as charged.
Pleading no contest means that you aren't disagreeing with the charges, but you aren't flat out admiting that you are at fault and guilty.
If you plead guilty there is no reason to have a trial other than an arraignment and scentencing. However, if you plead no contest, you still get a full blown trial (also depends on how severe the crime was and if it was local or federal violations) and the jury/judge decides whether you are really guilty or not.
The terms guilty, not guilty, and no contest are basically used to determine what kind of scentence you are going to have. Judges can make deals with you like "if you plead guilty then we will reduce your scentence in half" People plead not guilty and no contest even if they are guilty so that they can try and get a lighter scentence then they would if they just pleaded guilty.
2007-03-16 10:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by minicoop_jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allow me to explain - and dont accept any of these top few responses...
Lets say you are involved in an accident, which results in property damage to a house or another vehicle. The cause of the accident was excessive speed (you were driving too fast). You are given a ticket for the speeding. When you go to court, if you plead guilty, you are opening yourself to a civil suit, because you are admitting that you were in fact speeding and caused the proerty damage. If you plead NO Contest to the speeding charge, you are found guilty of speeding - but the civil suit against you for property damage is not an open and shut case now, as you havent plead guilty to CAUSING the accident...
So, the above responses were only half correct. Hope that helps. Most of the time, if youre thinking about pleading guilty, just plead no contest.
2007-03-16 10:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer your question, if you appear before a judge and he or she asks you, "how do you plead?" IF you answer innocent, you are denying that you did it. IF you answer Guilty, you are admitting that yeah, you did it. IF you answer no contest, you are neither admitting NOR denying that you did or didn't do the crime, but you are willing to accept whatever punishment that the judge decides to give you for whatever crime it is that you have committed.
2007-03-16 13:22:10 · answer #3 · answered by Cory C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it also means they can't use the nolo plea against you in any future hearings. Look it up under goggle or go to your town office or library and check out the books in the legal section. A guilty plea means you admit your guilt.
2007-03-16 10:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guilty means you did it, and no contest means you don't plead guilty and you dont plead not guilty.
2007-03-16 10:24:58 · answer #5 · answered by pmgrape 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you plea guilty, you admit that you did it. When you plea no contest, you admit to nothing, but you're willing to accept the punishment. Since you accept the punishment, it pretty much means that you're guilty without saying that you're guilty.
2007-03-16 10:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no contest means that the person doesn't admit their guilty, but they still get the punishment.
2007-03-16 10:25:53 · answer #7 · answered by Marah 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nothing really. just means that u are admitting that u did the crime without admitting guilt.
2007-03-16 10:21:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing. Except the judge will know that you're not saying,"I did it".
2007-03-16 10:35:41 · answer #9 · answered by LadyLynn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋