How Firearm Charges Can Sabotage Your Plea Bargain Options
How does a firearm charge affect plea bargaining? It sharply raises the stakes, explains Pierce County, Washington attorney Spencer Freeman. A firearm enhancement is relatively easy for prosecutors to prove at trial, and it can balloon exposure—an assault case, he notes, might jump from a few years to as much as thirteen. That risk reshapes how the defense weighs trial.
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Answered by Spencer Freeman · Pierce County, WA
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— why an easily proven firearm enhancement raises the trial risk
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How does a firearm charge affect plea bargaining?
It sharply raises the stakes—a firearm enhancement is relatively easy for prosecutors to prove at trial and can balloon exposure, so an assault case might jump from a few years to as much as thirteen, reshaping how the defense weighs trial.
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