Yes. It's called a plea bargain or a nolo contendre plea. Meaning that you do not contest the investigating reports that place you as the suspect of a crime. Instead of being heard in a jury or judge trial setting to be convicted, you go directly to a sentencing trial.
yes however it is more benefical for the defendant to stall and wait for the plea bargain for a reduced sentence.
Entering a guilty plea without a recommendation from the prosecutor is known as a "blind plea". This is a very rare happening, but sometimes takes place when there is knowledge of a judge's attitude regarding certain types of cases or facts, and the prosecutor has drawn a hard line regarding what he thinks is a proper sentence. If there is no agreement between the prosecution and defense, but the defendant does not believe the prospects at trial are favorable, then a "blind plea" may be the best course and the judge is likely to take into consideration the defendant's remorse and admission of guilt in determining a sentence.
Yea, you're admitting to it by pleaing guilty.
You are not "convicted" unless a verdict has been rendered and a sentence pronounced. It that never took place prior to the plea bargain, then no, you are not.
Yes, entering a guilty plea is the same as being convicted of the crime that the person was charged with.
The legal definition of convicted is one whom a court has officially determined is guilty of a criminal offense. That determination is made at the conclusion of a criminal prosecution or after the entry of a plea of guilty.
No, it is a guilty plea
If you haven't gone to trial or been convicted yet, you can change your plea for any or no reason at all.
"Re-opened?" Was it appealed and reversed? If so, then the retrial finding of Not Guilty is the verdict that stands and you were NOT convicted.
You are considered guilty of a crime at the time that you enter the plea - regardless of when sentencing occurs.Added: You are "convicted" of whatever offense you pled to at the moment the judge pronounces the verdict.
Your plea is : Guilty or Not Guilty.
I think you have to be convicted (that includes a guilty plea) before you loose you job.
Not guilty plea
Yes, this has the same effect as a guilty plea.
"Entering a plea" means the offiical declaration of your plea in the case in which you were charged (i.e.- 'enter' a plea of guilty - 'enter' a plea of not guilty).