Step 1

Defendant taken into custody

Mirandized

Step 2

Picture,Finger Printing, Rap Sheet

Step 3

1st appearance in which the defendant is informed of the charges

Step 4

Bail, No Bail, Own Recognizance

post bail release

No bail kept in custody

O.R let go word of honor to return

Step 5

Judge determines: person charged should be tried, confirms crime has been commited

determine if sufficient evidence to established resonable grounds exist to believe that this defendant commited the cimre

Pre-Trial:

Procedures & Motions

Step 6

Discovery exchange of evidence, request for document, disclosures, notice of facts

Step 7

Agreement to plead guilty to a lesser charge

Disposition of a case

Maybe Fined, Jailed, Given probation or combination thereof

Step 8

Voir Dire: Questioning under oath of potential jurors

Step 9

12 Jurors & 2 Alternates are selected for trial

Step 10

Opening statements by attorneys stating what they intend to prove

Step 11

Both side present their evidence/witnesses beggining with the prosecution and ending with the prosecution

Step 12

Closing arguments by the defense and the prosecution "the People" . Resting of case

Step 13

Charging the Jury: Jurors are instructed by the judgeas to the laws that apply to this particular case

Step 14

the Jury deliberates and decides if the defendants is guilty or not