If you are asked to “make a plea”, the court is trying to strip you of your rights.
By being given only two choices, either guilty or not guilty, you will have inadvertently “accepted” the claim whichever choice you make.
Note: The word plea is short for plead, meaning to make an “emotional appeal”, such as begging.
However, as a private natural person or “living breathing man or woman” you have a third option, which is to question the validity of the claim made against you. In other words, if a claim or charge has been made against you, you request they prove it.
If a plea is made without your authority, you must question the source of this pleading, as it is not yours.
No one within that courtroom can make a plea for you without your consent; this includes the judge or magistrate.
If anyone should attempt this, ask them the following:
“Have I authorised you to speak for me?”
If they say “no”, then request they retract their statement. If they say “yes” then the burden of proof is on them, so now ask them to prove it.
Pleading