NEGOTIATING AND REACHING AN ADMISSION OF GUILT AGREEMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Miroslav Baljak

Abstract


The ratio legis of introducing a plea bargain into our criminal justice system is the desire to end criminal proceedings more quickly and to reduce the costs of proceedings without compromising the interests of legality and fairness. The essence of a plea agreement (settlement) is accepting a criminal sanction without trial. The introduction of the plea agreement allows for simplification of the criminal procedure in which the disposition of the parties to the criminal relationship is expressed, without the active participation of the court in the stages of negotiation and conclusion of the agreement, however, the role of the court is decisive in the stage of considering the agreement: the court rejects or accepts the agreement filed. According to Article 231. para. 1 of the BiH Criminal Procedure Code, the suspects, that is, the accused and his defense counsel, may, until the end of the main trial or trial before the Appellate Panel, negotiate with the Prosecutor the terms of pleading guilty to the offense charged against the suspect or accused.

Keywords


agreement, recognition, guilt, negotiation, conclusion

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