Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment; as, guilty of murder.
Having been convicted of a crime or having admitted the commission of a crime by pleading "guilty" (saying you did it). A defendant may also be found guilty by a judge after a plea of "no contest", or in Latin nolo contendere. (http://dictionary.law.com)
The condition of having been found to have committed the crime charged.
If a person did in fact commit or is responsible for an offense or crime that they are accused of then they are guilty.
plea made by accused in confessing crime with which charged. Also, verdict reached when jury convicts defendant of crime with which charged. Compare acquittal.
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior"
All the evidence indicates that the person did it, they are guilty.
a verdict of a judge or jury that a person accused of committing a crime did commit it.
Final disposition. Having committed a crime.
The decision by the judge or jury that the accused committed the crime. The accused can admit that he or she committed the crime by pleading guilty.
A decision of a judge or jury that the defendant committed the crime with which he or she has been charged.
Legally responsible for a criminal offence.
A person can enter a plea of “guilty†by admitting in court that he or she committed the offense for which he/she is charged. The jury can render a verdict of “guilty†if it finds beyond a reasonable doubt, based on the evidence, that the defendant committed the offense.
Found "beyond a reasonable doubt" to have committed a crime.
plea that a defendant enters in court admitting that he/she committed the crime; a verdict returned by a jury or Judge finding that the prosecution has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime(s).
The status of being responsible for or chargeable with violation of criminal law or having been adjudged by due process of violation of the law.
A decision made by a judge or a jury in a criminal case that the accused committed the crime that s/he was charged with.
A judicial finding of guilt. In criminal cases a verdict of guilty requires that the evidence indicate beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime.
The court has found that the accused did commit the offence as charged, or the accused pleads guilty (admits responsibility).