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Petition to Enter Guilty Plea

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plead “Not Guilty” I know the United States Constitution guarantees me: (a) the right to a

speedy and public trial by a jury; (b) at that trial, and at all stages of the proceedings, the

right to the assistance of a lawyer; (c) the right to see and hear all witnesses called to

testify against me, and the right to cross-examine those witnesses; (d) the right to use the

power and process of the Court to compel the production of any evidence, including the

attendance of any witnesses in my favor; (e) the right not to be compelled to incriminate

myself by taking the witness stand and if I do not take the witness stand, no inference of

guilty may be drawn from such failure; and (f) the right to take an appeal from any

conviction after a contested trial;

I know that if I enter a guilty plea, I am thereby waiving my right to a trial, and that there

will be no further trial of any kind, either before the Court or jury; and further, I realize

the Court may impose the same punishment as if I had pled “Not Guilty,” stood trial, and

been convicted by a jury. I further hereby state and declare that I have been informed by

my lawyer that while I do not have a right to appeal a finding of guilty, should I enter a

plea of guilty to any charge(s) that I still may retain the right under certain circumstances

to appeal any sentence I may receive as a result of my plea of guilty to any charge(s);

I know that if I enter a guilty plea, the Court will ask me questions about the offense to

which I have plead, and since I will be answering these questions under oath, on the

record, and in the presence of my lawyer, that my answers may later be used against me in

a prosecution for perjury or false statements;

10.

My lawyer informed me that the plea of guilty could subject me to a maximum

punishment which, as provided by law, is ________ months imprisonment and a fine not

to exceed $___________ for the offense charged in Count ______ of the

Complaint/Information.

11.

I have been advised and understand that if I am not a United States Citizen, a conviction

of a criminal offense may result in deportation from the United States, exclusion from

admission to the United States, and /or denial of naturalization;

12.

If I am on felony probation, parole, conditional release, assignment to community

services, or post release supervision, my status may be revoked and I may be required to

serve time in that case which will be consecutive, that is in addition to any sentence

imposed upon me in this case. Further, I understand that should my status be any of those

as stated above in this paragraph and the current crime be one for which the sentence is

presumptive probation that the presumption of probation is thereby lost due to the reason

of my status being either on felony probation, parole, conditional release, assignment to

community services, or post release supervision at the time of the commission of the

current offense;

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