The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently issued an advisory ethics opinion addressing the ethical obligations of a prosecutor in negotiating guilty pleas for misdemeanor offenses. In Formal Opinion 486 (2019), the standing committee focused on the prosecutor’s ethical obligations when negotiating with an unrepresented person.
January 21, 2020 Ethics
Prosecutor’s Obligations in Negotiating a Misdemeanor Guilty Plea
Peter A. Joy and Kevin C. McMunigal
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