Negotiating Plea Agreements with Bite (Plea Agreements Pt. II)
The decision whether to enter into a plea agreement with the government/state is the most important choice a client will make. But too many clients enter into bad pleas – ones that promise little and give up a lot. A client shouldn’t have to settle for a plea that lacks real bite. Therefore, in Part…
Pleading Straight Up, No Chaser! (Plea Agreements, Part I)
Pleading guilty and waiving your right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt at trial is the most important choice a client will make in any case. But the decision to enter into a less than ideal plea agreement with the government is often influenced by fear, intimidation and false information. …
Making Sense of the Georgia Trump RICO Pleas (Vol. I)
Three lawyers (so far) have plead guilty in the Georgia State RICO case. I had so many questions about what these pleas and sentencings really meant – for the lawyers who entered them, the remaining defendants, and the pending federal matters. But, I don’t practice in Georgia state court. Therefore, I put out the “bat…