In common law systems, the peremptory pleas (pleas in bar) are defensive pleas that set out special reasons for which a trial cannot proceed; they serve...

Look up plea, plead, pleaded, pled, guilty, or not guilty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge...

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type of legal plea used in some jurisdictions in the United States. It is also referred to as a plea of no contest or no defense. It is a plea where the defendant...

A plea bargain (also plea agreement or plea deal) is an agreement in criminal law proceedings, whereby the prosecutor provides a concession to the defendant...

Peremptory challenge Peremptory norm Peremptory plea This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Peremptory. If an internal link led you...

the peremptory pleas (pleas in bar) setting out reasons why a trial cannot proceed. Pleas of nolo contendere ('no contest') and the Alford plea are allowed...

Ineffectiveness claims can be brought by defendants who pled guilty to a plea deal and did so following the bad advice of counsel. Such claims typically...

Deferred Adjudication Insanity defense Malum in se Malum prohibitum Peremptory plea Shepherd, Robert E. Jr. (November 2000). "Annual Survey of Virginia...

litigated subject matter. A variation in common law countries is the peremptory plea, which may take the specific forms of autrefois acquit ('previously...

cases in the United States are handled without trial through such plea bargains. Plea bargains are becoming more common in 27 civil law countries. Law...

contest," in exchange for reduced sentences, a practice known as plea bargaining, or a plea deal, which is an extremely common practice in the United States...

prosecution, the vast majority of criminal cases in the US are resolved by the plea-bargaining process. A sealed indictment stays non-public, for various reasons...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It consists of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and the Philadelphia Municipal Court. Although the...

A plea colloquy, in United States criminal procedure, is a conversation between a judge and a criminal defendant who has been sworn under oath, which must...

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to reject an underlying guilty plea based upon concerns of fairness and justice or because it is presented after the plea cutoff date. The notes to Rule...

ability of the accused to secure bail, more difficult and limits the scope for plea bargaining. It empowers police officers to compel an accused to produce their...

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corporate criminal offenses because of collateral consequences and discusses plea agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, and non-prosecution agreements...

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Direct estoppel Double jeopardy Estoppel Judicial estoppel Precedent Peremptory plea "res judicata". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University...

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