Examples of no contest in a Sentence
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In August, Rivera Mendoza pleaded no contest to one felony count of elder abuse in exchange for no time in state prison and a maximum sentence of one year in county jail, prosecutors said.
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
In 2009, he was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading no contest to charges of battery on his girlfriend.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Walls pleaded no contest, avoiding another trial and possible death sentence.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
In that case, Flores-Ruiz pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor battery.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
In 2009, he was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading no contest to charges of battery on his girlfriend.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Walls pleaded no contest, avoiding another trial and possible death sentence.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
In that case, Flores-Ruiz pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor battery.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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