Assertion: defendant's right | /r/CapableOf | offer guilty plea
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text: Part of the legislation that abolished the trial de novo system, G.L. c. 278 § 18, gave defendants in District Court who did not reach an agreement with the prosecutor the right to offer a guilty plea or admission to sufficient facts contingent upon the judge's accepting any disposition of the case within the court's jurisdiction.