1.   Flaherty said his choice was to strike a plea bargain agreement or continue a long and expensive legal battle.

2.   How much the maximum sentence would be reduced by the plea bargain agreement will not be known until final sentencing.

3.   Lefkowitz sentenced Esposito according to the terms of a plea bargain agreement reached with Suffolk County District Attorney James M. Catterson a month ago.

4.   Pleaded guilty to a lesser charge as part of plea bargain agreement.

5.   Prosecutors declined to comment and the plea bargain agreement is under seal.

6.   Samuel Gonzales, appearing in court in an orange jail uniform, handcuffs and shackles, signed a five-page secret plea bargain agreement.

7.   Several Dallas Cowboys players expressed the hope Monday that the plea bargain agreement would lift a cloud of criminal suspicion from both Irvin and the team.

8.   The arrangement is within the range of what most first-time cocaine defendants receive in plea bargain agreements in Dallas County, several criminal lawyers said Monday.

9.   The filing of a charge, rather than an indictment, usually signals that prosecutors have reached a plea bargain agreement with lawyers for a criminal suspect.

10.   The lawyer said his client was neither cooperating with the government nor exploring a plea bargain agreement.