What if I plead no contest to get it over with?
 
• The no contest (Nolle Contendere) is a plea that is most often used in a case where there is an accident or you could be sued in civil court. You do not want your plea of guilty to be used against you in the future civil preceding. Some people think it is a better or softer way of pleading guilty or will lead to a different result. By pleading no contest you are admitting the factual allegations contained in the report but leaving the determination of whether this constitutes guilt of the offense to the judge. Since the officers recite the language of the stature in the citation or complaint there will almost always be sufficient factual basis for the judge to find you guilty. So all you have done is to require the judge to read the report (which usually talks about how drunk you were and what a danger to the public you were) before he sentences you.

• There are legal reasons to plead no contest after certain motions to suppress or other motions have been filed to preserve the right to file an appeal to the issues decided in the motion. But to simply plead no contest will simply get you to GUILTY fast. Then comes the sentencing.