Change of Plea Hearing

Difficulty: Intermediate
Domain: Legal
Subdomain: Criminal
Environment: Municipal Court

Region: Ohio, USA

Time Estimate:: 30 min.
Avg. Length per Line:: 9 sec.

Introductory Summary: It’s time for a defendant to change his original plea to another in open court.

Disclaimer:: This text is an original work of fiction based on real scenarios. Any similarities between people or places are purely coincidental.

Participants

Abbr.	Role	Language(s)
M	Magistrate	en-US
P	Prosecutor	en-US
PD	Public Defender	en-US
D	Defendant	es-MX
CN	Court Navigator	en-US
VA	Victim Advocate	en-US es-MX
V	Victim	es-GT quc-GT
Int	Interpreter	en-US es-US

Contributors

Author

John P. Shaklee

Co-Author

Leticia A. Martínez

Editors

Devin Gilbert

Yohana Imperio

Audio Engineer

Omar Mendoza

Voice Actors

Interpreter: Yohana Imperio
Public Defender: Delaney Johns
Magistrate: Skylar Lees
Victim: Pamela Martínez Ruiz
Court Navigator: Nathaniel Murphy
Defendant: Nefi Pérez
Prosecutor: Mayelín Sabala Veras
Victim Advocate: Mayelín Sabala Veras

Full Summary: It’s time for a defendant to change his original plea to another in open court. Initially the interpreter, public defender and defendant meet in the hallway to discuss the plea offer from the prosecutor, possible maximum penalties, and rights to be waived by entering a plea.

Key Terminology and Vocabulary

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Supplementary Resources: Definition Change of Plea (FindLaw); Court Navigator (Justice Innovation | Stanford Legal Design Lab); Assault (MAHER, Law Firm, LLC); Probation ( Joslyn Law Firm | Dedicated to Protect your Rights); Penalties for Domestic Violence in Ohio ( Joslyn Law Firm | Dedicated to Protect your Rights); The Supreme Court of Ohio Language Services in Case or Court Function and Ancillary Court Services; Fundamentals of Court Interpretation: Theory, Policy and Practice (Carolina Academic Press); Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibilities (NAJIT); Spanish/English Legal Glossary (Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento); LISTEN interpreter equipment (Listen Technologies); The Interpreter’s Companion, Fifth Edition