(A)  Topics Covered.  This chapter focuses on two topics:

 

                (1)  Plea Negotiations, including preparation, see § 8.2, infra, factors affecting the plea, see § 8.6, infra, the target disposition, see § 8.9, infra, and the negotiations themselves, see § 8.16, infra; and

 

                (2) Entry of the Plea, see § 8.37, infra; including general considerations, see § 8.38, infra; timing of the plea, see § 8.42, infra; advice to the client, see § 8.43, infra; and the entry of the plea itself.  See § § 8.49, et seq., infra.

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STATISTICS " CONVICTIONS BY PLEA CONSTITUTE 95%
The vast majority of criminal charges are disposed of through a plea, see BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS, U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE, SOURCEBOOK OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS 2003, at 450 tbl.5.46 (2005) (only approximately five percent of all state felony criminal prosecutions go to trial).