Sentences with phrase «way of a guilty plea»

They include jury trials, judge alone trials and cases where it was in the client's best interests to negotiate a resolution by way of a guilty plea to reduced charges or applications to the courts for a special disposition.

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But the beginning of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan (which became Legal Aid Ontario by way of the Legal Aid Services Act, 1998, s. 3 (1)-RRB-, on March 29, 1967, meant many more accused persons had lawyers, which resulted in: (1) many more trials and a lot fewer guilty pleas; and as a result, (2) drastically over-crowded jails containing inmates awaiting trial; and, (3) shortages of staff in the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office.

We also assist criminal defense attorneys and their clients by identifying potential civil ramifications of guilty pleas and strategizing ways to minimize the risk of eviction, loss of employment and educational consequences as a result of a criminal conviction.

There's simply no way to offer the court a plea of guilty and payment of a fine in exchange for lowering the points.

Counsel should also consider the impact of a guilty plea on the client's way of life.

Third, the Court's rigid constitutional rule could inadvertently head off more promising ways of addressing the underlying problem — such as statutory or administrative reforms requiring trial judges to inform a defendant on the record that a guilty plea may carry adverse immigration consequences.

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.

However, where a defendant went out of his way to seek to avoid responsibility (eg denying responsibility in the defence case statement), that can be taken into account in the context of remorse and the plea of guilty.

Certain crimes automatically lead to a suspended driver's license if a defendant is found guilty by way of a trial or they accepted a plea agreement.

There's simply no way to offer the court a plea of guilty and payment of a fine in exchange for lowering the points.