Does a court have to agree to a plea bargain with a defendant in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Armendariz, 16 Cal.App.4th 906, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 311 (Cal. App. 1993):
Plea bargaining is essential to the efficient administration of justice. (People v. West (1970) 3 Cal.3d 595, 604-605, 91 Cal.Rptr. 385, 477 P.2d 409.) Fulfillment of the plea bargain here is therefore in the interests of justice, as that term is used in Welfare and Institutions Code section 707.2. The trial court's adherence to the plea bargain was thus within at least one of the criteria listed in that section. 5
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