Assignment:
Criminal Process: Arraignment to Pre-Trial
For this assignment, you will examine constitutional protections for defendants prior to trial by providing a detailed analysis of the criminal justice process from arraignment to the setting of a trial for a defendant. At a minimum, your paper must detail how a criminal charge is filed, the pre-trial process, the parties and players of the criminal justice process, and the defendant's rights through pre-trial proceedings.
Your paper must
Be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Required Resources
Text
Spohn, C., & Hemmens, C. (2012). Courts: A text/reader (2nd ed.). Sage.
Section V: Pretrial Proceedings
Website
United States Courts. (n.d.). Criminal cases
The article provides an outline of federal criminal procedure, from arraignment through sentencing.
Recommended Resources
Articles
Owens, R. J., & Wedeking, J. P. (2011). Justices and legal clarity: Analyzing the complexity of U.S. Supreme Court opinions.Law & Society, 45(4), 1027-1061.
The full-text version of this article is available in the ProQuest database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. This article provides an examination of the significance of clarity in legal decisions and explains the liabilities for a lack of legal clarity in U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
Smith, C. E., McCall, M., & McCall, M. (2006). Criminal justice and the 2004-2005 United States Supreme Court term.The University of Memphis Review, 36(4).
The full-text version of this article is available in the ProQuest database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. A detailed analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court and its transition from the "Rehnquist Court" to the "Roberts Court."