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| An act or omission prohibited by law prosecuted by the state in its own name punishable by a potential term of incarcaration upon a finding of liability |
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| any crime that carries the potential for incarcaration for more than a year in a prison; any crime punishabled by death or incarcaration for life in a state prison |
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| 5-99 Years and/or $10k fine |
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| 2-20 years and/or $10k fine |
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| 2-10 years and/or $10k fine |
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| 180 days-2 years and/or $10k fine |
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| Not to exceed 12 months in jail and/or $4k fine |
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| Not to exceed 180 days in jail and or $2k fine |
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| 1. Crime Committed 2. Complaint Filed 3. Arrest 4. Booking 5. Initial Appearance 6. Preliminary Hearing 7. Accusatory Pleading 8. Arraignment |
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| Formal charge made before a proper governmental officer alleging a criminal offense |
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| When a violation of a law turns into a crime |
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1. Absolute Certainty
2. Beyond a reasonable double
3. Clear and Convincing Evidence
4. Preponderance
5. Probable Cause
6. Reasonable grounds/ belief
7. Reasonable doubt
8. Articulatable suspicion
9. No information |
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| Investigation level of proof |
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| articulatable suspicion that crime was about to occur, had occured, or was occuring |
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| Arrest constitutional standard |
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