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What Are Possible Pleas For 141(5)?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:21 pm
by DrivingDave

I'm thinking of taking a plea bargain but I can't really think of anything at the moment that I can lower the offense to. I've made a bad left and the car t-boned me. However the officer recommended I argue it in court so there's probably something that I can do. He mentioned that I should say that I only have a G2 or something and just started driving.


Thanks for your help.


Re: What Are Possible Pleas For 141(5)?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:38 pm
by jsherk

It's not your choice.


The prosecutor may, if they choose, offer you some kind of plea deal. But they are not required to do this.


Re: What Are Possible Pleas For 141(5)?

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:22 am
by Observer135

Just to expand on what jsherk said above, the prosecutor will choose what he/she will offer as a plea bargain, furthermore and I am not 100% sure about this, but I think they are also constrained by what they can offer as a deal depending on what the original charge was.

What I mean is, they can not replace a "failed to stop at stop sign" with "speeding 10Km over posted"

Two completely different charges and sections of HTA.