Table of Common Charge Options for State Offences

18/03/2019

A practitioners guide for the EAGP Scheme

Yesterday, at the annual Public Defenders Conference, the Table of Common Charge Options: a practitioners guide for the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Scheme was launched. The tool is designed for all practitioners to assist with the EAGP scheme by providing a table of a very wide range of offences and alternatives from a variety of statutes and common law. It includes information about maximum penalties, standard non-parole periods and whether the offences are strictly indictable, Table 1, Table 2 or summary. This tool is for all practitioners and has been prepared by the Public Defenders with significant input from the legal Aid NSW and ODPP EAGP working groups.