DEC 10, 2001

Addressing the following question: can a judge accept a “conditional guilty plea” if the conditions imposed by the State are that the defendant must complete some type of deferment (i.e. : P.T.I., community service, substance abuse treatment, etc.) resulting in the guilty plea later being vacated and the pending charge dismissed?

Requested by: The Honorable Alston C. Badger, Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge

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