| She made a conflicted plea bargain in the case and received a stiff twenty-year to life sentence. |
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| Under the plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to reduced charges of forgery and violating campaign laws that limit foreign funding. |
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| Everything went smoothly until the judge was about to pass sentence in accordance with the plea bargain. |
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| Yes, but the thing is, though, he said he wants to plea bargain so he gets out of the death penalty. |
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| After he turned down the plea bargain, a grand jury indicted Webb on fourth degree criminal contempt. |
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| Moreover, the Guidelines stipulate that judges must review the pre-sentence report before rejecting or accepting a plea bargain. |
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| Unfortunately, counsel neglected to inform the trial judge that this plea bargain had been reached. |
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| Before the Court had made its decision concerning the acceptability of the plea bargain, the defendant sought to withdraw his guilty plea. |
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| The guilty plea and the penalty reflected the terms of a plea bargain between Edwards, through his counsel, and the prosecutor. |
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| Crown in several locations suggested that there were plea bargain implications in opting for summary or indictment proceedings. |
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| Where the court rejects such a plea bargain, the accused has no absolute right to withdraw the guilty plea. |
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| The second defendant received 7.5 months of imprisonment and suspended prison sentence according to a plea bargain. |
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| Schettino also tried to enter a plea bargain agreement, which ultimately was rejected by the Grosseto court. |
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| If one is faced with a mandatory minimum sentence, chances are there will be no plea bargain but there will be a longer trial, which is the usual consequence. |
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| On the other hand, as part of a plea bargain, the accused may plead not guilty to the offence he or she is initially charged with, but guilty to a lesser charge. |
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| As it turned out, the Court of Appeals did not need to address the constitutional issues surrounding the legitimacy of providing the victim of crime with the right to object to a proposed plea bargain. |
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| He did not say he was facing federal bank fraud charges, filed in 1992, and was out of jail only because, hoping for a plea bargain, he had agreed to inform against the Albanian gang. |
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| The Crown took the view that it was necessary to offer this plea bargain to Karla Homolka, who was considered to be an accomplice to the killings of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy by her husband, Paul Bernardo. |
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| Mr. Speaker, it was just about whether the prosecutors might plea bargain. |
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| Prosecutors have tremendous discretion to plea bargain cases, offering lesser charges with reduced sentences in return for an admission of guilt or the defendant's assistance in the prosecution of others, or both. |
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| Finally, the prosecution accepted a plea bargain. |
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| They point out that many cases in adversarial systems, and most cases in the United States, are actually resolved by plea bargain or settlement. |
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| One other issue the families have asked about is the question of whether the plea bargain with regard to Mr. Reyat and his sentencing process were adequate. |
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| Since a myriad of factors can affect a prosecutor's decision either to bring charges to prosecute, to plea bargain, to appeal, etc., courts are ill-equipped to evaluate those decisions properly. |
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| Plea bargain as a system does not exist in an inquisitorial system. |
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