Sentences with phrase «plea negotiations with»

In the face of these hurdles, savvy defence counsel are strongly cautioned to tread carefully in future plea negotiations with crown counsel.

Not exact matches

Last week, the Times reported Hevesi was in negotiations with Cuomo's office for a plea deal that would require him to plead guilty to a second felony corruption charge and do time in prison.

When assistant district attorney Kevin (Stephen Rannazzisi) meets with defense attorney Ruxin (Nick Kroll) about one of Ruxin's clients, they launch plea - bargaining negotiations in which the central chip turns out not to be the defendant's guilt, but a first - round draft pick in the fantasy league.

I believe the negotiations went smoothly, were fair and I was plea... sed with the outcome.

Each year in international negotiations, pleas of vulnerable developing nations have become louder calling for developed nations to respond to climate change in ways that are consistent with their ethical obligations.

If we are not satisfied with negotiations and plea bargains we will not hesitate to defend you in open court.

Negotiations with cities and developers, hearings before boards of county commissioners, and appeal and injunction actions before courts of common pleas, courts of appeal and the Ohio Supreme Court in annexation and annexation related matters.

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

Taking into account each client's citizenship and / or residency status before a plea is entered or plea and / or sentence negotiations with the Crown are commenced gives the lawyer an opportunity to secure a sentence that does not trigger an inadmissibility report.

It gives prosecutors a trump card in plea negotiations, which leads to an unfair power imbalance with the accused and creates an almost irresistible incentive for the accused to plead guilty to a lesser sentence,» she added.

[64] Prosecutors engaged in plea negotiations in serious and complex fraud cases are directed by the Attorney General's Guidelines to liaise with any counterparts known to have an interest in the defendant, in accordance with the Prosecutors» Convention and any other relevant agreement or guidance.

These results are consistent with (i) pretrial detention weakening defendants» bargaining positions during plea negotiations and (ii) a criminal conviction lowering defendants» prospects in the formal labor market.

I start with the premise that it is better to proceed to trial than plead guilty, when the conviction and sentencing after a trial conviction is unlikely to be worse than the conviction and sentencing that would apply from the last status of plea negotiations.

Criminal services include arranging for bail, determining of eligibility, diversion, initial client review, planning community services for clients, liaison with detained defendants, fieldwork assistance, trial preparations, plea negotiations, and appeals and collateral attacks.

Vancouver Criminal Defense Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan negotiated over several months with Crown Counsel and after those negotiations, the Prosecution agreed that in the face of a variety of problems with the Crown case, and even more so, given substantial steps the Client had taken towards rehabilitation, the most appropriate way to deal with the case was to DROP ALL CRIMINAL CHARGES and accept a guilty plea under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Not only did the judge denounce the notion that a prosecutor could legitimately recommend a sentence to the court based on antecedent negotiations with the defendant it also held that the court should consider the terms of the deal itself: «A court must rigorously scrutinise in open court in the interests of transparency and good governance, the basis of that plea and to see whether it reflects public interest.»

His Lordship made no secret of the fact that he viewed with a degree of distaste the way in which the American authorities were alleged to have approached the plea bargain negotiations.

The entering of this plea was the culmination of negotiations the company had had with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the SFO as to its admissions concerning its corrupt acts.