How to Use plea in a Sentence

plea

noun

• The defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
• We are making a plea to all companies to stop polluting the environment.
• Ezra Miller appears in a Vermont court to agree to a plea deal.
  — Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023
• Neither has entered a plea and both are set to return to court on Dec. 4.
  — Doug Lantz, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2024
• In Turner's separate case from 2022, a not guilty plea was entered that year.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2024
• Urías is required to complete a domestic violence treatment program as part of his plea agreement, but the images and sounds of his controllable rage will be hard to shake.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• Two of their former colleagues could be key witnesses in the case after changing their pleas and cooperating with prosecutors.
  — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
• Liza Featherstone struck a similar note in her plea last year to resurrect the radicalism of the original Earth Day.
  — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
• At a pretrial hearing Wednesday, Google’s lawyers made a plea to be allowed more than the two computers each side is permitted to have in the courtroom during trial.
  — Matthew Barakat, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024
• Mack Jenkins told Walter that prosecutors would lay out their full case — including some new evidence — for Chan’s new attorney, a step that could lead to a plea deal.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• The new charges may place more pressure on him to reach a plea deal.
  — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• As part of his plea, Webster faces up to 10 years in prison.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
• Brown was sentenced to 25 years in state prison, per the terms of his plea agreement.
  — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
• Last week, as part of his plea deal, Du was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024
• Instead, the attorney changed the pair’s plea to guilty.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
• But the plea deal came apart at the last minute, during a court hearing in July.
  — Michael S. Schmidt, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• All charges in that case were dismissed as part of the plea deal approved by Souede.
  — oregonlive, 2 May 2023
• The 28-year-old artist entered his plea in a British court on Thursday (June 15).
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 June 2023
• Richard LeBaron was sentenced to five years behind bars in a plea deal.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• The three misdemeanors were dropped as part of his plea agreement.
  — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
• Judge Tom Heekin imposed a sentence that had been agreed upon as part of the plea.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• The last-minute plea deal was struck just before his trial was to begin.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 11 June 2023
• The defense did not say why Joly decided to change his plea.
  — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• Before the plea deal, Smith could have spent up to five years in prison if convicted.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 13 May 2023
• Jasmine did not agree with the 14-16 year sentence range outlined in the plea agreement.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
• And yet, despite pleas from fans, Peppermint hasn’t been back to the franchise since.
  — Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
• The records also do not indicate whether the men have entered pleas.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• The trial comes after a judge threw out a plea deal last fall that would have spared Hussain prison time.
  — CBS News, 16 May 2023
• Smith switched his plea to guilty that November, and Shah did the same at a hearing in July 2022.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
• The plea deal allowed Pacheco to avoid a jury trial, which had been scheduled to start in late May.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024