Under Which Circumstances Can a Judge Refuse to Allow a Plea

question 5

Multiple Choice

Under which circumstances can a judge refuse to allow a plea bargain and force a defendant to go to trial?

• A) if the prosecutor "abused his or her discretion"
• B) if the prosecutor acted in "bad faith"
• C) if the prosecutor exercised "poor judgment"
• D) never

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Definitions:

Duration Recording

A method of behavioral observation that records the total time a specific behavior occurs within a given period.

Total Duration

The complete amount of time taken for a specific event or activity to occur from start to finish.

Duration Per Occurrence

A type of duration recording that involves recording the length of time per episode that a student engages in a target behavior.

Average Duration

A type of duration recording that produces only one number to graph. In this approach, the durations of each episode of a target behavior are added together and divided into the total number of times the behavior occurred.