criminal justice11

Grand jury

• It does not have to determine issues of guilt or innocence

• must determine if there is enough evidence to indict a person

Arrest

• The accused is taking into custody or when a grand jury returns an indictment or a prosecutor files an information a judge or magistrate issues a warrant for this, and the person is taking into custody

Booking

• After an arrest, the defendant will be fingerprinted photographed and checked for warrants

• District attorney or officer may determine which charges to file

Arraignment

When a defendant finds out that they’re charged with and what rights they have

Bail

• It is set within the courts discretion and on a case by case bias

• Our insists in which a judge can deny it and if it’s denied a defendant is entitled to a hearing within 48 hours of her arrest

Preliminary hearing

• once defendant has entered a plea of not guilty. This will often be held.

• The prosecutor must show that enough evidence exist to Charge the defendant

• Defining can choose to wave it

Discovery

• Formal process by which the parties to the case in court exchange information about the case

• Include information about the witnesses and evidence to be presented at the trial

Pre-trial motions

• A formal request made by either party involved in the legal proceedings that ask the court to take specific actions in a criminal case

• Often filed before the trial commences

Jury select

• The judge and attorneys act the people questions to determine their suitability to serve on the jury

• This process is called voir dire Which typically results in some prospective People being excused based on their answers from serving in that trial

Opening statements

• At the beginning of the trial is limited to outlining facts

• This is each parties opportunity to set the basic scene for the jurors introduced them to the core disputes in the case, and provide a general roadmap of how the trial is expected to unfold

Presentation of case

• When each side gives information(evidence) To a judge who will decide your Case

• The evidence may include a testimony as well as items like email or text messages, documents, photos, and objects(exhibits)

Closing arguments

• The lawyers, final opportunity in a trial to tell the judge and Jerry, why they should win the case

Verdict

• The announcement by a jury or by the core of its decision upon the defendant’s guilt or innocence of the charges submitted to or considered by it

Sentencing

When the core imposes a punishment on the defendant after they have been found guilty at the trial or has played guilty to a crime

A judge will hold a hearing before they render their decision about the criminal sanctions for the defendant

Pros and cons of plea bargaining

Cons

• Can lead innocent defendants Pleading guilty

• Loss of constitutional right (trail by jury)

Pros

• Cases are resolved faster

• Can get reduce chargesreduce overload

• Reduction of stress and