plea agreements in florida?
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It is totally up to your lawyer.\nHe is the one that can negotiate, not you.\nIf you have a good one, he will get it down as low as possible the first time.\nIf you have a good lawyer and they offered this and he recommends you take it, take it.\nIf you have a public defender, and they offered this, take the plea. If you turned it down already, then it's over most likely and you are going to court, where he will be convicted and get double what the plea was.\nI will always take a plea.\n\nYes of course your lawyer will ask for a lower plea if he is good, and not many are good. If he is good and expensive there is a slight chance he will get it down lower but my experience has been that once they offer a plea, that is it, they will not go lower, especially if we are talking about rape.\n\nI see by your other question it is child molestation.\nI would have taken the 8.5 years if I were him!\nThey are going to hang him.
788178
Depends on the circumstances of the case. If you got more charges that are more serious, you can probably plead guilty on those charges if the prosecution takes away the marijuana charge. If it's just the weed charge, you're sh'it out of luck. And I'm sure no lawyer will even try to get rid of it since it's so small and trivial now (compared to the more serious stuff that's going on).
371680
I'm not sure if Florida does have this process, but I don't believe so.  A felony record is usually there for life, sorry.  In order to have a record expunged you have to have some sort of exigent circumstances and it's not easy.
895012
Most of the grounds are gone.\nHowever he can still appeal based on, for example, duress in obtaining the plea bargain.
330913
Ask you attorney or look in the your state's penal code book.
191278
Florida statutes at the site below
898613
Generally, a felony conviction requires a formal adjudication of guilt by a circuit judge after a defendant has been found guilty or pleaded guilty or no contest to a crime which is classified as a felony under Florida law.  In some cases, it is possible for a defendant to avoid a felony conviction even though found guilty or having entered a guilty plea because under certain circumstances (usually a first offense or in the context of a plea bargain) the circuit judge may, in his or her discretion, withhold formal adjudication of guilt, which means that the Defendant is technically not a convicted felon.  Hope this helps.
1124853
It would depend on what type of evidence, witness, and the severity of the charge.  To plea bargain you know what you are facing, for they tell you what time you will do if any, as with a jury trial, your taking a gamble.  If there isn't to much evidence or witnesses...maybe a jury trial is better...also, if they have other charges pending against you, to take the plea bargain 9 times out of 10 they drop them as well as drop the level of the felony etc....Take these things into consideration before making a choice...also consult with att.
272312
Yes, a warrant can be quashed at any time.\n\nYour best bet is to have an attorney contact the district attorney or other presiding officer for the jurisdiction where the warrant was issued. \n\nAlternatively, you can negotiate directly with the governor (state crimes) or the president's office (federal crimes) for clemency.
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Any two facts?\n\n1)  Plea bargaining takes place when a prosecutor offers to pursue charges for a lesser crime than he feels he can prosecute in exchange for a guilty or nolo contondere plea.  \n\n2)  Once a guilty plea is entered and accepted, the prosecutor cannot then retry the person on the same facts for the more serious crime.
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Did you plead guilty?\nIf your lawyer failed to provide you with all of the information, you may have a claim that you were provided ineffective assistance of counsel. Unfortunately, a guilty plea generally waives any claim of ineffective assistance, or any other non-jurisdictional defects.\nIf you pled guilty, you may have a claim that your plea was not knowing and voluntary, because you did not know of all the elements of a guilty plea (if this is the type of info your lawyer did not read to you). If so, you can file a motion to withdraw your plea. If the court grants that motion, then you are back at square one; you will be provided an attorney who will help you either plead guilty again, or go to trial. \nSince you are convicted, you may be able to get some assistance from the inmate attorneys where you are incarcerated. Some of them can be quite helpful.
884905
Its actually very easy. Plea bargaining is one. What is fraud when there are killers on the loose? Also, the road from arrest to conviction is extremely long and cons can get lost in the shuffle. Unfortunately there is little you can do. You used to be able to put a red flag on your credit, therefore meaning anytime someone applied for credit on your behalf they would have to contact you, but that ended up being more trouble that it was worth. Dont know what to tell you, though I can probably tell you local law enforcement already knows this person is a scum bag. What ends up being the drama are well meaning law makers and not so well meaning attorneys making the legal system a mess. Most law enforcement are as tired as you are of arresting these scumbags and seeing them back on the street the next day.
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Please visit\n http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/index.php\n\nand check out the "Legal help" and "American Indian" forums....this place is a gold mine of useful, helpful information...also, the ads on the edges for post conviction relief firms might be just what you need...Good luck!
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Every state has some procedure for post-conviction relief if the plea was entered in ignorance.  The problem is that in most jurisdictions a subjective expectation of a specific sentence will not avoid the plea as long as the judge told the defendant what the maximum possible sentence was.  On the other hand, if the lawyer told the defendant that the judge would recite the max,  but the fix was in and he was guaranteed a specific sentence, then most states will allow post-conviction relief.  Your friend can find more info in the prison library.
741315
Say not guilty and explain the situation.  If that does not work, work on a plea deal that will get it expunge after 6 month or a year of not getting into trouble.  Yes get a lawyer
331077
Yeah, do a google for your state and the dept. of corrections.  Florida has onelike Illinois where you can search offender past and present, their charges, the time they were in, find pictures, etc.
345047
get a lawyer who will plea bargain so that you get a misdemeanor, not a felony.