(i) art and art. art. and art. (a) An accused may plead not guilty, guilty or (if the law of jurisdiction so permits) nolo contendere. An admission of guilt or nolo contendere should only be received by the defendant in person in an open court, unless the defendant is a business, in which case the plea may be filed by a lawyer or executive with the corresponding permission of the company. A defendant may rely on nolo contendere only with the agreement of the Court. Following a Supreme Court of Canada ruling imposing strict timelines for the resolution of criminal cases (eighteen months for provincial court cases and thirty months for Supreme Court cases), several provinces have taken steps and intensified their efforts to maximize the number of minor criminal cases resolved by plea. Sometimes the prosecutor agrees to reduce a charge or drop some of the many charges in exchange for the accused accepting the sentence. In the motion, the accused could argue with the prosecutor, who can accept or refuse, the sentence and the aggravated and mitigating rewriting. The request could also be made by the prosecutor`s office. The reason for the negotiation could be accepted if, after the reduction, the actually applicable penalty is one third less than the five-year prison sentence (i.e. the one-third prison sentence).

patteggiamento allargato, wide bargaining); If the sentence imposed is less than one third to two years` imprisonment after the reduction of sentence or if it is only a fine (“patteggiamento ristretto” limited), the accused may enjoy other benefits, such as parole and erasure of the offence if the accused does not commit a similar offence within five years of sentence. In other states, the duty to comply appears to be limited to informing, informing, or advising victims of a plea or agreement, which has already taken place prior to the presentation of the proposed plea.4 Vermont prosecutors must both inform and consult with victims of the plea agreement throughout the negotiation process.5 In 1999, on 27 to 16.12.1996, the Commission forwarded to the Council a Commission proposal for their implementation, however, largely left to the discretion of the prosecutor. . . .