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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1819 (2026)

Pleas of guilty, not guilty, or nolo contendere; when required; failure to plead; effect

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If the issue on the plea in bar be found against the defendant, or if upon arraignment the accused offers no plea in bar, he shall plead guilty, not guilty, or nolo contendere; but if he pleads evasively or stands mute, he shall be taken to have pleaded not guilty.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1958–2018 · leading case: State v. Obst, 669 N.W.2d 688 (Neb. Ct. App. 2003).
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State v. Obst, 669 N.W.2d 688 (Neb. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “” See Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-1819 through 29-1819.”
State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Stanosheck, 92 N.W.2d 194 (Neb. 1958). · cites it 2× “It is sufficient to say that a plea of nolo contendere admits the matters alleged in an information when the plea is entered by a defendant, and places him in the same position in that particular case as though he had pleaded guilty; and as a matter of course, an appropriate…”
State v. Jones, 355 N.W.2d 227 (Neb. 1984). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1819 (Reissue 1979) provides in part that if the accused offers no plea in bar, “he shall plead guilty, not guilty, or nolo contendere.”
State v. Neuman, 125 N.W.2d 5 (Neb. 1963). “2d 194 ; § 29-1819, R. R. S. 1943. The statute with respect to motor vehicle homicide to which defendant pleaded nolo contendere, section 28-403.”
State v. Hylton, 124 N.W.2d 230 (Neb. 1963). “Thereupon, on that date the defendant was by the court found guilty on both counts and sentence was deferred pending an investigation by and a report from the adult probation officer for the district. The statutory penalty subject to imposition by the court was imprisonment for…”
State v. Garcia, 301 Neb. 912 (Neb. 2018). “912 § 29-1819 .02, the Legislature could not have intended to assist in the avoidance of federal immigration consequences for those who had completed their criminal sentences.”
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