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Laws of Puerto Rico
TITLE THIRTY-FOUR Appendix Rules of CourtII Rules of Criminal Procedure
Chapter VII. MOTIONS BEFORE TRIAL AND PLEAS
Rule 71. PLEA OF GUILTY; REFUSAL OF COURT TO ADMIT IT; LEAVE TO CHANGE IT

P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 34A, § II, Rule 71

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Rule 71. PLEA OF GUILTY; REFUSAL OF COURT TO ADMIT IT; LEAVE TO CHANGE IT

The court may refuse to admit a plea of guilty and it may order that a plea of not guilty be entered. The court may, furthermore, at any time before rendering judgment, permit that the plea of guilty be withdrawn and substituted by the plea of not guilty or, with the consent of the prosecuting attorney, by the plea of guilty of an offense inferior to the one charged but included therein, or of a lower degree than the offense charged.