CRIMINAL LAW - PLEA NEGOTIATIONS - LEGITIMIZING THE AGREEMENT PROCESS

• NCJ Number: 25327
• Journal: Oklahoma Law Review Volume: 27 Issue: 3 Dated: (SUMMER 1974) Pages: 487-499
• Author(s): T R BORREGO
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RECOMMENDATION TO FORMALIZE THE PLEA BARGAINING PEOCESS WITH A WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE FILED IN THE CASE.

Abstract

THE MAJOR BENEFIT DERIVED FROM A FORMAL PLEA BARGAINING SESSION WOULD BE TO ALLEVIATE OR ELIMINATE THE MISTAKES AND MISCONCEPTIONS WHICH, AT PRESENT, COMMONLY OCCUR BETWEEN PROSECUTOR AND DEFENDANT.