Criminal procedure law

Criminal defense terms
Trial

Investigatory and Accusatory Police Procedure

The U.S. Constitution, the Federal Rules, state and local rules, and court interpretation of these documents not only set out how trials are run

Pre-Trial Procedure

Right to a Speedy Trial The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to a speedy trial. Consequently

Trial Procedure

Once a trial begins, the U.S. Constitution affords further rights to criminal defendants. Trying to avoid convicting an innocent defendant at all costs

Stages of A Trial

Bail After law enforcement arrests a suspect, a judge will set the suspect's initial bail

Sentencing

General Sentencing usually occurs immediately for infractions and misdemeanors

What is not allowed under Criminal Procedure Law?

Threatening the accused with measures not permitted under the provisions of criminal procedure law and holding out the prospect of an advantage not envisaged by statute are prohibited

(2) Measures which impair the accused’s memory or his or her capacity to understand the wrongfulness of an act are not permitted

What is procedural law?

Embodying this systematization and formalization, procedural law constitutes the sum total of legal rules designed to ensure the enforcement of rights by means of the courts

Because procedural law is a means for enforcing substantive rules, there are different kinds of procedural law, corresponding to the various kinds of substantive law

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