Criminal
Jun. 6, 2018
Reevaluate the use of ‘package deal’ plea bargains in California
In my experience, the use of “package deals” is the default position of most county district attorney’s offices in California in multi-defendant criminal cases.
In multi-defendant criminal cases, district attorneys customarily require all defendants to accept their plea negotiated offers to resolve their cases by way of a plea bargain. This is generally dubbed the "package deal" condition to plea bargaining in a multi-defendant case. Where one or more defendant in a multi-defendant case decline an offer to resolve their case, then customarily no defendant is permitted to accept their plea negotiated offer.
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