Video – Attorney Andrew Dósa Answers: Can You Negotiate A Criminal Charge With A Strike Down To A Lesser Sentence?

Ray Hrdlicka - Presentador - Abogados.Media

“Is it clear cut…. what is a strike? Or is that up to the discretion of the District Attorney, or is it even up to the discretion of the jury? Or is the law so clear cut that everybody agrees on what’s a strike and what’s not?”

Andrew Dósa - Abogado penalista - Condado de Alameda, CA

"Bueno, la ley es bastante clara. Lo que es una huelga seguirá siendo una huelga, y los hechos del caso entran en juego para permitir potencialmente que el Fiscal de Distrito y el abogado defensor negocien un caso que sería una huelga a una no huelga. Realmente depende".

Ray Hrdlicka - Presentador - Abogados.Media

"¿Así que es posible... ser capaz de negociar una huelga a una no-huelga?"

Andrew Dósa - Abogado penalista - Condado de Alameda, CA

“Correct. So it may depend on the weapon that is used, it may depend on how the force was applied, it may depend on the amount of force. You’re not surprised to hear me say this…the Fiscales will, more typically than not, charge the more serious case in the complaint, and then afterwards, the case may get resolved to something that’s a lesser included or reasonably related to charge, that is something the defendant may accept because it doesn’t have strike consequences. It doesn’t have an elevated time or exposure to state prison. Again, the answer is that a strike is clearly defined, but the facts of the case and the circumstances of the defendant, and his or her history will have a huge play on whether the District Attorney will want to commit to the strike, as they often do.”