Q: Can you accept a plea deal between pretrial and trial?
Is it possible to accept a plea agreement from the prosecutor between the pretrial and trial date? Or if you don’t accept it, is that it?
I have a pretrial tomorrow and have been offered a plea agreement, but due to financial reasons am not able to accept it yet, so would I be able to accept it prior to my trial in a couple of weeks? Or if I don’t accept it tomorrow is it too late? My trial is in a month and I would be able to pay the fines in a couple of weeks, prior to my trial. But part of my plea agreement requires immediate payment.
A:
The prosecutor's offer is valid until the prosecutor decides it isn't.
Talk to your criminal defense attorney about requesting a continuance so you can get the money. Chances are decent that the judge is not interesting in bringing in a bunch of potential jurors only to tell them, "nevermind, the case settled."
Remember, judges are elected and jurors are potential voters.
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