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Criminal Procedure

Conditions of Pretrial Release Pretrial release does not necessarily mean that a defendant is completely free from judicial supervision. In

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Pretrial Detention Pretrial detention is the incarceration of a person who has been accused of a crime but has not yet been convicted and se

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Bail in Criminal Cases Bail is one of the most important issues in criminal procedure because it concerns a fundamental question that arises

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Amending Criminal Charges Criminal charges are not always static. As a criminal case develops, the prosecution may discover additional facts

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Initial Appearance The initial appearance is one of the first judicial proceedings in a criminal case. It is generally the point at which a

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Indictments and Informations Criminal prosecutions must begin or proceed on the basis of a legally recognized charging instrument. In Americ

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Grand Jury Indictments A grand jury indictment is a formal criminal accusation returned by a grand jury after the grand jury has considered

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The Grand Jury The grand jury occupies a distinctive place in American criminal procedure. Unlike the trial jury, which determines whether a

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Criminal Charges and Charging Decisions A criminal case does not begin simply because police believe that a person committed a crime. An inv

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Waiver of Constitutional Rights in Criminal Cases Constitutional rights are among the most important protections available to a person accus

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The Right to Compulsory Process The Sixth Amendment provides that, in all criminal prosecutions, an accused has the right to have “compulsor

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The Right to Confront Witnesses The Sixth Amendment provides that, in criminal prosecutions, the accused has the right “to be confronted wit