Sentences with phrase «bargains with prosecutors»

We also help many others obtain favorable outcomes by striking favorable plea bargains with prosecutors.

I will work hard to negotiate a plea bargain with the prosecutor that minimizes the charges.

Matthew — In order to contest this ticket, you must plead not guilty — which will then allow you to plea bargain with the prosecutor or set this matter for trial.

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By doing so, he temporarily saves face, stays on the state payroll and retains a bargaining chip — the promise to resign — that he could use to negotiate with prosecutors.

Holding one's seat in the Legislature while under indictment is often seen as a bargaining chip with prosecutors.

I firmly believe that LSS funding for the Legal Aid Criminal Defence bar is a political issue that can only be resolved with a Legal Aid Lawyers Bill to establish a legislated bargaining group similar to the Crown Prosecutors Act.

If the state has compelling evidence against you, I will negotiate with the prosecutor to obtain a favorable plea bargain.

These plea bargain negotiations come with tremendously high stakes, and prosecutors often seem to have all the leverage.

More concerning for some lawmakers, including state Sen. Karen Tallian, D - Ogden Dunes, is Pence reversing course on his past actions to eliminate mandatory minimums by now reducing the ability of judges to issue the appropriate sentence for each criminal and giving prosecutors the upper hand in plea bargaining with an accused.

If the evidence against you was obtained lawfully, I will negotiate with the prosecutor to obtain a plea bargain that reduces your sentence.

The lawyer can work with the prosecutor in order to negotiate the plea bargain.

(Reuters)-- Britain's top prosecutor, which faces an uphill struggle to improve its chances of nailing corporate fraudsters, has laid out tough guidelines for companies seeking to avoid court with new U.S. - style plea bargaining deals.

Thus, after a prosecutor makes a variety of discretionary charging and bargaining choices, the judge's role is «transformed to «just» finding the facts, now with Commission - ordained consequences» but «with fewer safeguards, less formality, and far less legitimacy» than what should prevail in a fair adversarial system.

If the state has substantial evidence against you, I will go into negotiating mode, working with the prosecutor to obtain a plea bargain that is below mandatory sentencing.

Generally speaking, except for serious crimes which the law punishes with capital punishment, life imprisonment, and imprisonment for more than three years, a defendant can request the prosecutor to initiate a plea bargaining procedure for negotiating the scope of the sentence with the prior consent of the court.

Plea bargains can be beneficial to the jurisdiction for a few reasons: 1) they're specifically authorized by statute (N.C.G.S. § 20 - 141 (o)-RRB-, 2) prosecutors have high case loads and negotiating plea bargains decreases that volume, and 3) the county with jurisdiction may collect surcharge revenue from the plea (N.C.G.S. § 7A - 304 (a)(4b)-RRB-.

On drug offences, the book says prosecutors should stick with the mandatory sentence where it is supported by the facts and, as a general rule, not discard the minimum to achieve a plea bargain.

When this happens, prosecutors will be eager to discuss a plea bargain with your attorney.

At a pre-trial conference you (or your attorney) will meet with a Pennsylvania state prosecutor to try to work out a plea bargain.

At the dispositional conference, you (or your attorney) will meet with the SD state prosecutor to try and negotiate a plea bargain.

At your pre-trial conference, you or your attorney will meet with an Oklahoma state prosecutor and try to work out a plea bargain.

Depending on the specific facts of your case, your attorney should be able to map out an option which would be most advantageous for you, i.e., talk with the prosecutor about possibly dropping the charges against you, work out a plea bargain agreement, or proceed with a jury trial.