What process is used by prosecutors where they charge a person with more than one crime with the intention of dropping the most serious charge(s) in hopes the defendant will plead to the lesser charge(s)?

a. Charging
b. Overcharging
c. Indicting
d. Filing multiple prosecutorial information documents at the same time


Ans: B

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