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Following the example of German law, the institute of plea agreements (settlements)…
The Institute of Plea Agreements is one of types of the summary proceedings in Croatian…
At first glance, we do not have any disputable issues with the institute of a plea…
Thus, the said institute does not harm any party to the agreement, who only benefits…
According to the principle of legality, the State Attorney is obliged to undertake…
The parties in the plea bargaining process with the aim of reaching a plea agreement…
However, this solution also has its downside. Namely, the court cannot verify the…
The form of negotiations between the parties is not prescribed by the Criminal Procedure…
In order to start negotiations one of the parties (the suspect or the defendant or…
The State Attorney is obliged, before concluding the agreement, to determine whether…
1) enables avoidance of the trial and enables faster resolution of other cases,…
2) shorten the expected time for conducting criminal proceedings from the indictment…
3) significantly decrease the costs of the procedure,…
4) spare victims and other sensitive witnesses from the negative effects of public…
5) enables the application of warning measures or the replacement of imprisonment…
6)enables the detection of other criminal offenses or other perpetrators of criminal…
If the defendant withdraws from the signed agreement or if he was negotiating on…
The State Attorney may withdraw from the draft agreement only in the following cases:…
When the parties reach a plea agreement and agreed criminal sanction, they have to…
As a compromise solution and a certain balance, a plea agreement should be limited…
There are also problems concerning the rights of co-defendants who failed to reach…
