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TITLE THIRTY-FOUR Appendix Rules of CourtII Rules of Criminal Procedure
Chapter VII. MOTIONS BEFORE TRIAL AND PLEAS
Rule 69. PLEAS; PRESENCE OF DEFENDANT; REFUSAL TO PLEAD

P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 34A, § II, Rule 69

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Rule 69. PLEAS; PRESENCE OF DEFENDANT; REFUSAL TO PLEAD

Except where the information is against a corporation a plea of guilty for a felony shall not be admitted unless the defendant is present and makes the plea personally. A corporation may appear to plead by its attorney. If a defendant refuses to make any plea or when a corporation fails to appear, a plea of not guilty shall be entered.