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100
Formal process of making a police record of the arrest
Booking
100
Does not enter a plea until a later stage in the criminal process
Arraignment
100
Arrested person can usually be released after putting up an amount of money
Bail
100
Personal bond, the defendant must promise to return and must be considered a low risk of failing to show up for trial
Personal recognizance
100
Formal criminal charge filed with the court by the prosecutor without the aid of a preliminary hearing or a grand jury
Information
200
Screening device used in more than half of the states
Preliminary hearing
200
Group of 16 to 23 people
Grand jury
200
Formal charge of criminal action
Indictment
200
Plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt but also does not contest the chaeges
Nolo contendere
200
Motion is a formal request that a court make a ruling or take some other action
Pretrial motion
300
Request by the defendant to examine, before trial, certain evidence in the possession of the prosecutor
Motion for discovery of evidence
300
Request seeks more time to prepare the case
Motion of continuance
300
Request to change the location of the trial to avoid community hostility, for the convenience of witnesses, or for other reasons
Motion for change of venue
300
Perhaps the most important and controversial pretrial motion. Request that certain evidence is not be allowed to be presented
Motion to suppress evidence
300
Idea that courts should not be parties to lawbreaking by the police
Judicial integrity
400
Police will be less likely to violate a citizen's rights if they know that illegally seized evidence will be thrown out of court
Deterrence
400
Involves granting certain concessions to the defendant in exchange for a plea of guilty
Plea bargaining