Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Virginia

(civil law) When you plea no content and your convicted of a felon can you plea no content in a civil issue and can it be used as the plea? No content when your doing a civil issue ?


Asked on 4/28/11, 5:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

You apparently mean "no contest" rather than "no content". And, no, the plea

of No Contest, a/k/a Nolo Contendere which may be utilized by defendants in criminal cases, has no place nor use in civil law cases.

And, furthermore, such a plea in a criminal matter amounts to a plea of guilty

and normally has no practical effect in securing a more lenient sentence for a defendant entering such a plea.

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Answered on 4/28/11, 8:35 pm


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