Street Law Chapter 13 Vocabulary

the formal process of making a police record of the arrest

• arraignment
• information
• booking
• bail

when someone does not enter a plea until a later stage in the criminal process

• booking
• indictment
• grand jury
• arraignment

when someone is arrested they can usually be released after putting up an amount of money

• bail
• information
• booking
• indictment

the defendant must promise to return and must be considered a low risk of failing to show up for trail

• preliminary hearing
• motion for a continuance
• personal recognizance
• nolo contender

details the nature and circumstances of the charge

• booking
• bail
• information
• indictment

used to determine if there is enough evidence to require the defendant to stand trail in a felony case

• information
• exclusionary rule
• preliminary hearing
• arraignment

a group of 16-23 people charged with determining whether there is a sufficient cause to believe that a person has committed a crime and should be made to stand trail

• indictment
• arraignment
• grand jury
• bail

formal charge of criminal action

• arraignment
• information
• bail
• indictment

a plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt but also does not contest the charge, equivalent to pleading guilty

• indictment
• booking
• arraignment
• nolo contender

a request by the defendant to examine, before trail, certain evidence in the possession of the prosecutor

• motion for change of venue
• motion for a continuance
• motion for discovery of evidence
• motion for suppress evidence