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     611A.03 Plea agreements; notification. 

    Subdivision 1.    Plea agreements; notification of victim. 
  Prior to the entry of the factual basis for a plea pursuant 
 to a plea agreement recommendation, a prosecuting attorney shall 
 make a reasonable and good faith effort to inform the victim of: 

    (a) the contents of the plea agreement recommendation, 
 including the amount of time recommended for the defendant to 
 serve in jail or prison if the court accepts the agreement; and 

    (b) the right to be present at the sentencing hearing and 
 at the hearing during which the plea is presented to the court 
 and to express orally or in writing, at the victim's option, any 
 objection to the agreement or to the proposed disposition.  If 
 the victim is not present when the court considers the 
 recommendation, but has communicated objections to the 
 prosecuting attorney, the prosecuting attorney shall make these 
 objections known to the court. 

    Subd. 2.    Notification duties.  A prosecuting attorney 
 satisfies the requirements of subdivision 1 by notifying:  

    (a) the victim's legal guardian or guardian ad litem; or 

    (b) the three victims the prosecuting attorney believes to 
 have suffered the most, if there are more than three victims of 
 the offense.  

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1988 c 649 s 5 

    HIST: 1983 c 262 art 1 s 3; 1986 c 351 s 18; 1986 c 444; 
 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 76; 1989 c 190 s 3; 1992 c 571 art 5 s 4; 
 2003 c 116 s 4 

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