Phil,

I remember Spiro Agnew pleading no - contest

http://www.nolocontendere.org/historyofnolo.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/11/a...lea-of-no.html

Is it possible to plead no-contest vs guilty?
Would that have any benefit?

I have scratched out the guilty option on some mail-in tickets before and hand-written "no contest".
The checks were always cashed