Examples of no contest in a Sentence
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Walls pleaded no contest, avoiding another trial and a possible death sentence.
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CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Flores-Ruiz pleaded no contest and was convicted of one count of misdemeanor battery in that case in October.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
He was charged in the case in September of 2019 and entered his no contest plea last December, court records show.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
He was arrested in April 2009 for possession of narcotics and for bringing narcotics into a jail facility; Redmond pleaded no contest and was sentenced to a minimum of one year in a residential drug treatment program.
—Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Flores-Ruiz pleaded no contest and was convicted of one count of misdemeanor battery in that case in October.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
He was charged in the case in September of 2019 and entered his no contest plea last December, court records show.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
He was arrested in April 2009 for possession of narcotics and for bringing narcotics into a jail facility; Redmond pleaded no contest and was sentenced to a minimum of one year in a residential drug treatment program.
—Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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