Criminal Justice Process

During this hearing the defendant will enter a plea

• Preliminary Hearing

• Initial Appearance

• Booking

• Arraignment

If the Grand Jury decides there is enough evidence to go to trial, they will issue an

• Indictment

• Affidavit

• Order

• Injunction

This is the examination of the facts in which both the prosecution and the defense present their case

• Sentencing

• Grand Jury

• Discovery

• Trial

The money or bond put up to secure the release of a person who has been charged with a crime

• Surety

• Penalty

• Fine

• Bail

What is conducted to find enough evidence to arrest a suspect?

• investigation

• indictment

• arraignment

• trial

What is the next step after investigators find enough evidence to suspect a person of a crime?

• arrest

• arraignment

• indictment

• trial

All of the following happen at an arraignment hearing, except...

• defendant states how they plead

• bail

• plea bargain

• indictment

What does the government need before they can arrest someone for a crime?

• probable cause

• reasonable suspicion

• a hunch that the person is guilty

Who sets bail at an arraignment?

• judge

• defendant

• prosecutor

• jury

Type of trial where the verdict is decided by the judge

• Bench trial

• Jury trial

• Judge trial

• Judicial trial