Pleas, Plea Bargaining & Sentencing

Pleas, Plea Bargaining and Sentencing is an affordable guide to plea bargaining issues at both the state and federal level, addressing the role of plea bargaining and guilty pleas in the modern criminal legal system. 

Publisher: LexisNexis

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Print Book: 1 volume, softbound 2026 Edition
$286.00
In Stock ISBN: 9798341733503

Pleas, Plea Bargaining and Sentencing is an affordable guide to plea bargaining issues at both the state and federal level. Written by experienced practitioners, Pleas, Plea Bargaining and Sentencing addresses the role of plea bargaining and guilty pleas in the modern criminal legal system plus an extensive examination of pleas in criminal cases and the historical origins and development of plea bargaining.

Most criminal cases end in plea deals and Pleas, Plea Bargaining and Sentencing provides an in-depth scholarly treatment of these areas of criminal law practice.

Recognizing the fundamental role of plea bargaining, this treatise will be the go-to resource for lawyers and judges, whether state or federal, local or national, who regularly handle these issues every day.

The previous edition's ISBN is 9781663348999.

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PART I: THE ROLE OF PLEA BARGAINING AND GUILTY PLEAS IN THE MODERN CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
Chapter 1 The Use of Guilty Pleas in the Modern Criminal Legal System
Chapter 2 Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration
Chapter 3 The Trial Penalty
Chapter 4 Wrongful Convictions By Guilty Pleas
Chapter 5 Proposals to Reform the Plea-Bargaining System in the United States

PART II: PLEAS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter 6 Types of Pleas
Chapter 7 Consequences of a Plea of Guilty or Nolo Contendere
Chapter 8 Constitutional Requirements for a Valid Guilty Plea
Chapter 9 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 11
Chapter 10 The Factual Basis Requirement for a Valid Guilty Plea
Chapter 11 The Effect of A Guilty Plea
Chapter 12 Challenging Guilty Pleas
Chapter 13 The Consequences of a Successful Challenge to a Guilty Plea


PART III: PLEA BARGAINING
Chapter 14 Types of Plea Agreements
Chapter 15 Constitutionality of Plea Bargaining and Bargained-For Pleas
Chapter 16 The Role of the Defendant
Chapter 17 The Role of the Prosecutor
Chapter 18 The Role of Defense Counsel
Chapter 19 The Role of the Trial Judge
Chapter 20 Enforcement of a Plea Bargain