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23-Communicating with an Adversary - Miscellaneous

27-Litigation Tactics (Including Misrepresentations, Tape Recordings)

51-Government Attorneys

Prosecutors aware that non-citizen defendants without court-appointed counsel in a court which does not conduct plea colloquies may not offer a plea deal in exchange for a guilty plea without advising the defendant to obtain legal advice or request that the court conduct a colloquy.

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn