Articles Posted in Withdrawing From A Plea Agreement

By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – A System of Negotiations, and Very Few Trials Black’s Law Dictionary defines a “plea bargain” as: [a] negotiated agreement between a prosecutor and a criminal defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or to one of multiple…

By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction Attempting to withdraw a plea of guilty before the sentencing stage is a complex area of Colorado law. This article addresses that complexity and outlines some of the key issues that make the road to that withdrawal from the plea and…