Charges
What is the list of formal charges?
Indictment
Where does a person serve their time if they are convicted of a felony?
Prison
Who hands down the sentencing?
The Judge
What is the amount of jail time that comes with a Minor Misdemeanor?
None - only a fine
What is the crime a defendant is accused of doing?
Criminal Charges
What is a consequence that requires a person to make a financial payment to the court or individual?
Fine
What does it mean to be given time served as part of a sentence?
Being credited the time spent waiting in jail from the sentence
How much time in prison is a person with a Felony 1 offense facing?
3-11 years
What court handles Misdemeanor charges?
Municipal Court
Being in the community, but following a strict set of rules and guidelines
Probation
What are the types of ways sentences are served?
Concurrent or consecutive
Which level of crime has two different sentencing terms depending on the crime?
Felony 3
What is a major crime that is handled in Common Pleas Court?
Felony
What happens if a rule of probation is broken?
The individual could be arrested and have to serve out the rest of their time in jail or prison
As the defendant which is the preferred way to serve a sentence? Why?
Concurrently, more than 1 sentence is served at the same time
What type of felony comes with a life prison term?
Special felonies
Who decides how much additional mandatory time a specification will add to a charge?
The Judge
What is electronic monitoring?
To be monitored by an ankle monitor but being allowed to travel to and from certain places, like work or appoitnments
I am found guilty of an F1 and F5. I am sentenced to serve that time consecutively. How much time am I facing?
20 years
How much time is a person with an F1 and an F2 potentially facing?
19 years consecutively, 11 years concurrently