“If a client says, ‘I am not guilty but I just want to get it over with,’” can you enter a plea of “no contest”? Technically it’s available but practically it is not. If you don’t plead guilty or not guilty the criminal code directs a Judge to enter a plea of “not guilty” on your behalf. You cannot admit the allegations as being true because that’s admitting guilt which is the same as a guilty plea. If not admitted, the Crown still has to prove guilt by presenting evidence, which is a trial. You either admit the allegations or you don’t. There is no middle ground.