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What Is A Deferred Entry Of Judgment?

Name: What Is A Deferred Entry Of Judgment?
Uploaded: 2024-01-13T11:13:06Z
Channel: Andrew Dósa
Description: What is a deferred entry of judgment? A second-chance mechanism for less serious crimes, explains Oakland attorney Andrew Dósa. The district attorney agrees to let the case sit for a set stretch—six months, a year, eighteen months—and if the defendant stays out of trouble the whole time, the case is ultimately dismissed. It's used selectively, in the right circumstances.

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What is a deferred entry of judgment? A second-chance mechanism for less serious crimes, explains Oakland attorney Andrew Dósa. The district attorney agrees to let the case sit for a set stretch—six months, a year, eighteen months—and if the defendant stays out of trouble the whole time, the case is ultimately dismissed. It's used selectively, in the right circumstances.

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Answered by Andrew Dósa · Oakland, CA

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— how deferred entry of judgment gives a second chance on lesser crimes

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