Too Many Federal Inmates Have Had This Happen To Them
Finding yourself the defendant in a Federal Criminal Court Case may be one of the hardest things you’ll ever endure. Most likely you’ve heard the statistics, the government’s winning percentage is in the very high 90’s. Some say 98% others say 96%. Either one is too high to not put up a fight.
Way too many federal inmates have had this common trick happen to them from federal judges.
A federal criminal defendant will get an original plea agreement, typically with a hefty amount of charges and a hefty amount of time. In theory, if that inmate pleas out, they have a high probability of getting a lower sentence with fewer charges.
At the end of the court process, as you go to sentencing, you may end up with the harshest charges and penalties thrown out. But far too many times we hear about cases where. a federal defendant has plead to a much lesser charge, but when the time comes for sentencing, they receive the sentence for the highest charges.
In the past week we’ve spoken to two different clients. One was facing some really hard time for drugs and a firearm. The weight of the drugs was under 10g, and then of course there was the gun. The gun charge was thrown out and they were only convicted or plead to the 10g drug charge.
Well rather than get the 60 month mandated sentence for that weight, the judge gave this particular defendant 134 months. Obviously sentencing him for all the conduct although only one charge survived the plea hearing.
Be aware that this happens often. Talk to your lawyer about what you can do preemptively to not have to do a bunch of extra time on charges that were ultimately thrown out.
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