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Beverly Fullen reached a plea agreement, pleading no contest to two counts of animal cruelty, both class A misdemeanors.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Maricela Urias-Martinez, 22, pleaded no contest to killing her 25-year-old ex-boyfriend, Walter Mancia Menjiva, in a Sept. 27, 2023 drive-by shooting in Oakland.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Now Rodrigo Bravo, 31, has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the June 2023 death of Eleni Tavua, 30, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said in a Jan. 10 news release.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
His son, James Smith, 66, pleaded no contest to two counts of committing lewd acts upon a child and was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined above
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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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