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Justice Manual § 9-16.050

Pleas by Corporations

activein force · 2008-08-01 – presentas-observed

Charges against an individual defendant should not be dismissed on the basis of a plea of guilty by a corporate defendant unless there are special circumstances justifying the dismissal. See also JM Chapter 9-28.000.

History

[updated August 2008] [cited in JM 5-11.114]

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