In Colorado, a deferred judgment and sentence is where you plead guilty and are required to meet certain conditions during a probationary period. Then if you complete the terms of the deferred sentence, the case against you is dismissed with no conviction. The following flowchart shows the ...
Define Deferred judgment. means a sentencing option whereby both the adjudication of guilt and the imposition of a sentence are deferred by the court and whereby the court assesses a civil penalty as provided in Iowa Code section 907.14 upon the entry of
A conviction carries at most a million-dollar fine, but simple indictment, which lies wholly within the prosecutor's discretion, imposes multibillion-dollar losses. Faced with that kind of pressure, the indictment is all that matters. Yet given these weird incentives, DPAs no longer serve the ...