Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia
theft by taking, burgulary
my son has been in jail going on 6 months and his plea date is coming up. he was charged with burgalary, theft by taking and attemted burglary.my question is what is a plea is this where he just pleas guilty or not . or is this a court date where he is sentenced.im kinda lost on this ,his public defender is not giving us much information. i have left message after message.i still have not recieved a call from the public defender. as a concerned parent what do i do.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: theft by taking, burgulary
The first "plea" is an arraignment and this is like a first appearance and the defendant pleads "guilty" or "not guily". What you seem to be referring to is a "plea" date. That is how it is styled on the courts docket and this is where the defendant comes in and enters a plea of guilty and is sentenced. At a plea date there is usually a negotiated plea in place that was struck between the defense and the prosecution.
Re: theft by taking, burgulary
A plea date is a court date for pleading guilty to all or some of the original charges or maybe some reduced charge(s). If you really want some answers beyond this general information and you have had no luck with the assistant public defender handling the case, you can contact the chief publice defender. Good luck.
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