Plea Bargains Legal
am 19.04.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. The Senate for Criminal Matters at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe decided, en banc, that plea bargains are a legal concept despite the lack of a statutory foundation. It held that courts may not participate in the negotiation of waivers by defendants of their right to appeal.In its decision of March 3, 2005 and its press release 58/2005 of April 18, 2005, docket number GSSt 1/04, the court noted that it may not engage in judicial activism and establish rules to …
Plea Agreement Deal
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / HG - Washington. On May 19, 2006, Berlin Attorney Brigitte Zypries issued a press release on a bill to allow plea agreements in the German criminal procedure. The Supreme Court, Bundesgerichtshof, had defined the parameters of such agreeme…
Retired Judge May Counsel
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Federal Supreme Court decided in an order, case number 1 BvR 737/00, on July 29, 2004 that a retired judge without admission to the bar or other permission to counsel in legal matters, such as under the Rechtsberatungsgese…
New Batch of Supreme Judges
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the federal election committee for the judiciary, Bundeswahlausschuss, elected several batches of justices for the various supreme courts. It chose six justices for the Bundesgerichtshof which is the supreme court for civil…
No Deal
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Is there a German word for the plea bargain? Transblawg researched and found an appropriate term offered by Prof. Herberger in a recent overview of the German law on plea agreements for criminal proceedings: Mauschelverfahren.…
Introducing Documents
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In criminal matters, courts may consider documents properly introduced into a trial even if they have not been read into the record but the Supreme Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe established some limits in its ruling of Ja…
Remedy Effectively Waived
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A criminal defendant can effectively waive all rights to an appeal and is then barred from a review by the Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, that court decided in the matter 2 StR 533/07 on December 6, 2007 in applying §349(I)…
Judge May Defend Pro Hac Vice and Pro Bono
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CJ - Washington. On March 9, 2006, the Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe announced its decision on a constitutional complaint of a retired appellate judge concerning his refused admission as criminal defense counsel, in the matter 2 B…
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