{"id":4288,"date":"2018-02-16T14:28:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerbindefense.com\/?p=4288"},"modified":"2020-01-27T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:29:48","slug":"should-i-accept-a-plea-bargain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/should-i-accept-a-plea-bargain\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOULD I ACCEPT A PLEA BARGAIN?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"page-title\">SHOULD I ACCEPT A PLEA BARGAIN?<\/h1>\n<section class=\"content\">\n<article class=\"post postFirst post-first\">\n<header class=\"header-post\">\n<p class=\"byline\">On behalf of\u00a0<span class=\"firm-name\">Law Office Of Scott G. Cerbin, Esq., PLLC\u00a0<\/span>posted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerbinlaw.com\/blog\/vehicular-assault-or-homicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vehicular assault or homicide<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, February 16, 2018.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"containerPostContent container-post-content\">\n<div class=\"postContent post-content\">\n<div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been charged with a crime, the prosecution may give you the chance to make a deal\u2014known as a plea bargain. Typically, a plea bargain works like this: You get charged with a crime. The prosecution tells you that if you plead guilty to a specific lesser crime, you can skip the trial\u2014thereby avoiding the more severe penalties you would have received if you were found guilty of the crime from your original charge.<\/p>\n<p>For many defendants, the question of whether it\u2019s a good idea to accept a plea bargain is extremely nerve-wracking. On the one hand, by accepting the deal, you\u2019re guaranteed to face some penalties\u2014probably including some jail time. On the other hand, facing those penalties is a better outcome than the worst case scenario.<\/p>\n<p>For example, let\u2019s say you were driving while intoxicated and crashed into another car\u2014killing the other driver. The police found your blood alcohol concentration to be .19. In this case, you would be charged with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerbinlaw.com\/Criminal-Defense\/DWI-DUI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-degree vehicular manslaughter<\/a>. You could be looking at up to 15 years in prison plus $5,000 in fines.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the prosecution offers you a deal to plead guilty to the lesser crime of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivinglaws.org\/resources\/new-york-vehicular-homicide-laws-and-penalties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second-degree vehicular manslaughter<\/a>, your prison sentence would drop to a maximum of seven years. Under such circumstances, you need to decide whether there is sufficient evidence stacked against you to convict you of the original crime. If there is, you might decide that saving yourself from an extra eight years in prison is a worthwhile trade.<\/p>\n<p>While the decision to accept or reject a plea bargain is always personal\u2014and many deciding factors depend on the specifics of your case\u2014an experienced criminal defense attorney can offer you valuable guidance in the process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHOULD I ACCEPT A PLEA BARGAIN? On behalf of\u00a0Law Office Of Scott G. Cerbin, Esq., PLLC\u00a0posted in\u00a0vehicular assault or homicide\u00a0on Friday, February 16, 2018. If you\u2019ve been charged with a crime, the prosecution may give you the chance to make a deal\u2014known as a plea bargain. Typically, a plea bargain works like this: You get <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/should-i-accept-a-plea-bargain\/\"> Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vehicular-assault-or-homicide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4290,"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions\/4290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5dattorney.marketing\/staging\/cerbin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}