whith charge is least likely to be settled by plea barging?

Question

A murder
B drug trafficking
C burglary
D Motor vehicle theft

Answer 1

A Murder.

This crime can not be plead out as there really is no incentive for the state to plea bargain. It is possible to plea bargain any crime. The rest have lesser offenses that a plea bargain would benefit both sides.

Answer 2

Drug trafficking.

Murder is commonly settled, either dropping it down to manslaughter, or reducing the sentence a few years.

Burglary is often settled, since the defendant's intent at the time of entry is a key element, and hard to prove -- so it's easy to settle on attempted larceny or breaking and entering.

Motor vehicle theft is often settled, again based on the difficulty of proving intent -- and lesser charges and/or a sentence reduction are often sufficient as an incentive.

Drug trafficking is usually a crime at both the state and federal level -- and usually strict liability, meaning that intent is often not even a key element. Thus, of all of them, it is the easiest to prove and given mandatory minimums, there is often no incentive to settle.

Answer 3

It depends how strong the evidence is in each case. They all have the possibility of being plead out, or trial.

Answer 4

F- None of the above

Answer 5

E - All of the above

Answer 6

A1: capital murder.