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Plea Bargaining Can Prove Tricky

By Baker Associates

Court records and appeals briefs are littered with examples of criminal defendants who claim to have been caught by surprise after agreeing to one or more onerous conditions as a result of entering into a plea bargain. A plea bargain can be a fantastic tool for a defendant to use in order to be able to avoid a lengthy period of incarceration, but it can also contain provisions that greatly enhance a person?s sentence if convicted later down the road. Therefore, defendants should always exercise the utmost caution when agreeing to plead guilty to an offense.

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).