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

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

English	español
public defender	defensor de oficio	defensor público
change of plea	cambio de alegato	---
charge	cargo	---
maximum possible penalty	pena máxima aplicable	---
misdemeanor	delito menor	---
probation	libertad condicional	---
guilty	culpable	---
not guilty	inocente	no culpable
no contest	no oponerse	no oponerse a los cargos
civil case	caso civil	---
criminal case	caso penal	---
trial by jury	juicio por jurado	---
trial by judge	juicio por juez	---
appoint	asignar	nombrar
compel witnesses	obligar a los testigos	---
beyond a reasonable doubt	más allá de duda razonable	---
cross-examine	contrainterrogar	---
remain silent	guardar silencio	permanecer en silencio
magistrate	juez inferior	---
find guilty	declarar culpable	---
advise	aconsejar	---
immigration status	situación migratoria	---
conviction	condena	---
denial of naturalization	denegación de ciudadanía	---
consult	consultar	---
answer out loud	responder en voz alta	---
terms	disposiciones	---
defendant	acusado	---
courtroom	sala	---
accurately	con exactitud	de manera exacta
completely	completamente	---
impartially	imparcialmente	---
skill and judgment	destreza y juicio	---
prescribe	prescribir	---
official guidelines	pautas oficiales	---
solemn duties	deberes solemnes	---
pre-trial	previa al juicio	---
domestic violence	violencia en el hogar	---
assault	agresión	---
notice	aviso	notificación judicial
afford	tener los medios	---
subpoena power	facultad citatoria	---
Court Navigator	Navegador de la Corte	---
anger management	manejo de la ira	---
scene: at the	lugar de los hechos	---
fist	darle un puñetazo	puño
handcuff	esposar	---
jail time	tiempo en la cárcel	---
continuance	aplazamiento	---
just cause	motivo fundado	---
charge	acusar	---

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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

Change of Plea Hearing

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