1.   He had pleaded guilty earlier to taking the craft without authority last March.

2.   Burr neither argued nor agreed with the jury for finding his client guilty earlier in the week.

3.   Angel Corcino and Rafael Rizek Nassar pleaded guilty earlier to fraud charges.

4.   Six of those arrested pleaded guilty earlier.

5.   Sixteen former Honda and Acura executives, two former dealers, and advertiser and a lawyer pleaded guilty earlier to charges including racketeering, perjury and mail fraud.

6.   Thirty-year-old Richard Barnett pleaded guilty earlier in the week to federal extortion and drug distribution charges.

7.   Two other defendants, Albert Brody and Robert Allen, pleaded guilty earlier.

8.   Two accomplices, Lucie Faubert and Tereza Benesova, pleaded guilty earlier to alien smuggling conspiracy.

9.   Two Israelis were sentenced to three years in prison on Monday after they pleaded guilty earlier to a charge of approaching a prohibited military area in Cyprus.