Sentences with phrase «plea offer»

I wish judges were required to impose the last best plea offer as a sentence after a conviction.

The judge told the lawyers that he considered the voice message to be a valid plea offer.

In our world it may be a lower plea offer, a higher settlement offer, or a bigger end - of - year bonus.

The defendant was advised to reject a five - year plea offer and proceed to trial.

Auto theft: In September of 2010, after rejecting several plea offers in a case involving allegations of motor vehicle theft, the firm obtained a complete dismissal of the charges against our client.

Unfortunately, it wasn't a cut - and - dried Strickland and Hill issue, since the case involved a defendant who declined a favorable plea offer based on erroneous legal advice and proceeded to trial.

The former chairman faces a decision on accepting the misdemeanor plea offer, but may be ready to face a felony charge by arguing he had nothing to do with filing the campaign finance reports under scrutiny.

A Cortland woman accused of stealing nearly $ 5 thousand dollars from an Ithaca Dentist office where she was employed is taking her case to trial after rejecting two plea offers Tuesday in Tompkins County Court.

Before you plead guilty as charged, or accept a prosecutor's initial plea offer, it may be a good idea to consult a lawyer to learn your rights and options.

Defendants must decide whether they want to gamble with a verdict of guilty and a potentially harsh sentence, or simply take a reasonable plea offer.

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I've seen no change, other than plea offers getting worse here in L.A. on the federal level.

Meng told his associate that he could get the prosecutors to get him a better plea offer, according to the criminal complaint.

Many of these suppression results have led to full dismissals, reduction of charges, enhanced defense position at trials, and favorable plea offers.

Rice rejected a plea offer that would have spared the running back jail time in exchange for completing probation and undergoing anger management.

Meng, 68, who was elected in 2004 and served one term before retiring, sleazily told the witness - an accused tax cheat referred to him by friends - that he could persuade the Manhattan District Attorney's office to reduce its plea offer, from 2 to 6 years in prison to just a year, in return for an $ 80,000 bribe, according to the court documents.

letter and no response was given,» assistant US Attorney Carrie Cohen said during the last pretrial hearing before Silver's trial next week, adding, «Defense counsel has never asked for a plea offer.»

Political activist Rus Thompson has been indicted for voter fraud by an Erie County grand jury after rejecting a plea offer from the Erie County District Attorney's Office in May.

The plea offer being made to McInerney, a Democrat, is based, in part, on evidence unearthed by State Police investigators alleging McInerney had a role in forging absentee ballots in previous campaigns dating to at least 2007.

Shattuck who was in Tompkins County Court earlier this month where she rejected two plea offers.

John «Rus» Thompson refused to accept a plea offer in his voter fraud case today, opting to go to trial rather than admit to a felony.

Also on Friday, in response to a question from the judge — a standard inquiry before trial — a prosecutor, Carrie H. Cohen, said that no plea offer had been made to Mr. Silver and that the defense had never asked for one.

Gartenstein downplayed the significance of Kirschner's decision saying that the city had already gotten what it had hoped for in the plea offer — no further reports of dachshund attacks on North Front Street for six months.

In the plea offers it was always understood that Couch was going to have to be a convicted felon.»

We will learn whether David Collier will accept a plea offer from the Wagoner District Attorney's office or whether the case will go to trial.

It is theoretically possible for skilled lawyers, UI designers, and programmers to build systems that meet these needs for complicated legal services like making and deciding whether to accept a plea offer or drafting a summary judgment brief.

If the government has already offered you a plea offer quite early on, with no jail time / small fine, can they make that offer less favorable just because you filed that motion?

The defense attorney can and should use the record to explain her recommendation and reasoning related to the plea offer.

Also, at this time, the District Attorney may make a plea offer in an attempt to «plea - bargain» the case and avoid a trial.

Moreover, he argues that the only reasonable remedy is to turn back the clock to the point where the error — the ineffective assistance — occurred and let the defendant have a second bite at the plea offer.

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Conservation officer Randy Tippin said he just wanted to ensure a man facing charges under the Fisheries Act knew about a looming deadline to accept or reject a plea offer, but he and the Ontario government have instead ended up on the hook for $ 10,000 in damages over a voicemail he left for the accused disparaging his lawyer.

Had the evidence been admitted, there would have been no plea offer, and a trial would have been a mere formality.

If we are not satisfied with the plea offer (s) you receive we will not hesitate to try your case in open court.

If you reject a plea offer and proceed to court you will spend at least 6 years in prison if convicted.

If we are not satisfied with the prosecution's plea offers we will not hesitate to take your case to trial.

The right criminal lawyer should be able to discuss with you strategies about how to navigate a path to hopefully avoiding any criminal record, or jail time, or even getting your case dismissed or receiving a plea offer that will have you avoid any criminal record and lesson any possible punishment.

For example, these concerns can impact bail, downgrades, Pretrial Intervention (PTI), plea offers and immigration status.

In the event that we are not satisfied with a plea offer, we will try your case before an impartial jury.

Sometimes, a plea offer will be made to resolve the case.

A criminal defense attorney will help you make an informed decision about the plea offer.

Cooper was offered a plea of 51 to 85 months, but he rejected the plea offer after his attorney (wrongly) informed him that the state could not prove intent to murder since the shots were fired below the waist.

He was later convicted (much to his surprise) and sentenced to a term three times longer than the plea offer.

Rather than informing his client about the plea offers, Frye's attorney entered an «open» guilty plea.