CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Csi Effect, Reasonable Doubt, Medical Model
18 Jan 2017
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10: the disposition- plea bargaining, trial & sentencing. Compromise reached by the defendant, his attorney, and the prosecutor. Accused pleads guilty (or no contest) in return for: redu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the (cid:272)harges" se(cid:448)erit(cid:455, dismissal of some charges, additional info about the offense or related cases. Proffer agreement: an agreement with the prosecutor for leniency or a recommended sentence. Vertical plea: defendant pleas to a lesser charge. Horizontal plea: defendant pleads to one charge in return for the dismissal of other chargers. Reduced-sentence plea: defendant pleads to crime as charged in return for a reduced sentence. Avoidance-of-stigma- plea: a(cid:448)oid u(cid:374)desira(cid:271)le la(cid:271)el of (cid:862)ha(cid:271)itual (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al(cid:863) or (cid:862)se(cid:454) offe(cid:374)der(cid:863) Costs and risks of trial: (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:272)e(cid:374)t people do(cid:374)"t go to trial(cid:863) G. l. (cid:862)pete(cid:863) ku(cid:272)hel, (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1005: trials are lengthy, expensive, labor-intensive with no guarantee of a guilty verdict. What to do with the guilty: prosecutors have more discretion dealing with offenders. Nolo contendere (no contest- i will not contest)
