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Aldon Smith reaches plea agreement, pleads no contest to guns/DUI charges

Reports indicate Aldon Smith has reached a plea deal on his guns and DUI case. We take a look at what it all means.

By David Fucillo
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Fooch's Update: Cam Inman is tweeting from the courtroom. He is reporting Aldon Smith has plead no contest to the guns/DUI charges

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Tracey Kaplan is reporting San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Aldon Smith has reached a plea deal on his DUI/weapons charges. She said details would be forthcoming, and I'll update this post as we hear more details. She tweeted that a source indicated Smith was at the court filling out plea paperwork, and he will enter a guilty or no contest plea within the hour.

Smith was facing three felony weapons possession charges connected to the house party a couple summers ago, and one DUI charge from last September. A potential plea deal is what we've felt would happen all along. As socalisteph discussed last fall, the gun charges always felt a bit dubious in nature. The charges likely helped provide some leverage in getting a plea figured out.

Once we figure out what kind of legal punishment Smith faces, the next step will be what the league does. The NFL has said they would wait until the case was wrapped up, and a plea deal will close the door on the case. Roger Goodell has acknowledged that Aldon Smith's stay in rehab would be a factor in considering any league punishment, but he could still face some punishment. The LAX thing is turning out to be a bit of a non-story to some degree, but that does not mean the NFL won't factor it in to what they do. My guess is he faces a 2-4 game suspension, but it's difficult to figure out for certain.

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