Pleading Open on a Criminal Case
Often times, when you are facing a criminal offense, prosecutors will offer to allow you to plead guilty to a certain count, dismiss the rest of the charges, with an agreement as to what the penalty will be. Typically this occurs in close to 90%+ of cases. Usually the parties come to an agreement, the plea agreement is entered into knowing what the penalty is in advance (or within a certain range), and the parties…