In some jurisdictions, a defendant can negotiate the verdict of a court trial in the same way as for a guilty plea, saving the state the expense and uncertainty of a jury trial. Immigration counsel can argue that convictions resulting from these "slow pleas" are tantamount to guilty pleas, and convictions resulting from them should receive the same eligibility for 212(c) relief as those resulting from guilty pleas. See N. TOOBY & J. ROLLIN, CRIMINAL DEFENSE OF IMMIGRANTS 24.28(J) (2007).