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Question 1

Arrest/criminal charges

Answer 1

1. arrest warrant/ complaint / affidavit of probable cause
2. Summons/complaint / affidavit of probable cause
3. grand jury indictment

Question 2

Preliminary arraignment

Answer 2

charges
rights
bail

Question 3

formal arraignment / waiver

Answer 3

charges
rights
bail

Question 4

pre-trail conference

Answer 4

guilty plea?

Scheduling order

Question 5

Motions practice

Answer 5

Habeas corpus
speedy trail
suppression
motion to dismiss

Question 6

final pre-trail conference

Answer 6

guilty plea (?)
resolution of pre-trail issues
-both sides talk about the other’s issues/weaknesses

Question 7

Pre trial steps

Answer 7

A - arrest/ criminal charges
P - premliminary arraignment
P - prelim hearing
F - formal arraignment
C - case analysis/ plea negotiations / discovery
P - pre-trial conference
M - motions practice
C - case analysis / plea negotitions / discovery
F - final pre-trial conference
T - trial

Question 8

ROR

Answer 8

release on your own recognise

Question 9

unsecured bail

Answer 9

10% or $10,000, pay 10% if they declare, you can pay it

Question 10

prima facie

Answer 10

on its faith
-gov has to prove that you probably committed a crime
(in prelim hearing)

Question 11

PSI

Answer 11

pre-sentence investigation report, judge has 90 days from conviction to plea to make a sentence

Question 12

What happens in between the first and final pre-trial conferences?

Answer 12

Motions practice
-Habeas corpus
speedy trail
suppression
motion to dismiss

Question 13

retribution

Answer 13

giving offenders their “just deserts”

Question 14

general deterrence

Answer 14

discouraging other people from committing crimes

Question 15

rehabilitation

Answer 15

changing attitudes and capabilities of offenders so they will not commit more crimes

Question 16

incapacitation

Answer 16

confining offenders so they cannot commit crimes outside of prison