You can submit your answer in writing to the court. Another option is to consult with an attorney. You must file the answer within 30 days of being served. Answers for landlord-tenant matters must be filed within seven days. The date after service is counted as day one.
(1) Each averment of a pleading shall be simple, concise, and direct. No technical forms of pleading or motions are required. (2) A party may set forth two or more statements of a claim or defense alternatively or hypothetically, either in one count or defense or in separate counts or defenses.
Service upon the attorney or upon a party shall be made by delivering a copy to the person to be served or by mailing it to the person to be served at the person's last known address or, if no address is known, by leaving it with the clerk of the court.
negotiated plea is where someone charged with a criminal offence wants to admit guilt but cannot come to an agreement with the prosecutor about an acceptable punishment.
17-7-93(b) states: “At any time before judgment is pronounced, the accused person may withdraw the plea of "guilty" and plead "not guilty.” This allows a criminal defendant to change their mind about a plea up to the time the Judge imposes sentence.
You have a right to appeal the judgment of conviction on your guilty plea and sentence. A notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after entry of the judgment of conviction and sentence.
It is trite law that the judge has a discretion to allow the accused to withdraw a plea of Guilty at any stage before sentence is passed, but that the discretion should be sparingly exercised, particularly where the defendant is legally represented.
Since you can only use nolo once every five years, it is critical that you choose when you use it very sparingly. As Georgia Traffic Ticket Lawyers, we urge you to contact us before choosing to plead nolo in court.
During arraignment, the judge reads the charges filed against the defendant in the complaint and the defendant chooses to plead "guilty," "not guilty" or "no contest" to those charges. The judge will also review the defendant's bail and set dates for future proceedings.
A plea bargain can occur at any stage of a case. For example, it could occur at the defendant's arraignment, which is the initial court appearance where he or she pleads guilty or not guilty, or at any point preceding a trial.