How a criminal charge is filed the pre-trial process


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."

Multimedia

Ishmael, P. [Patrick Ishmael]. (2012, May 14). Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer debate the Constitution

This video clip of an interview with the two justices provides insights into their reasoning and rulings on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Legal Materials

Clark v. Arizona

This case highlights information about the insanity defense.

Davis v. United State

This case highlights information about the admissibility of an illegal search.

Davis v. Washington

This case highlights information about the admissibility of a 911 call at trial.

Florida v. Powell

This case highlights information about Miranda warnings.

Giles v. California

This case highlights information about the admissibility of a dead victim's statements in a trial.

Graham v. Florida

This case highlights information about whether a life sentence for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment.

Greenlaw v. United States

This case highlights information about whether a court can enhance sentences without a prosecutor request.

Herring v. United States

This case highlights information about erroneous search warrants requiring suppression of evidence.

Holmes v. South Carolina

This case highlights information about excluding defense evidence.

Hudson v. Michigan

This case highlights information about the Fourth Amendment and the "knock and announce" rule.

J.D.B. v. North Carolina

This case highlights information about whether age matters for Miranda warnings.

Kennedy v. Louisiana

This case highlights information about the death penalty for child rape.

Maryland v. King

This case highlights information about DNA collections for database upon mere arrest.

McDonald v. Chicago

This case highlights information about gun rights.

Missouri v. McNeely

This case highlights information about police drawing blood without a warrant for driving under the influence.

Oregon v. Guzek

This case highlights information about death sentence evidence.

Salinas v. Texas

This case highlights information about the Fifth Amendment's protection of silence before arrest or Miranda rights.

United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez

This case highlights information about a defendant's right to have a chosen lawyer.

United States v. Jones

This case highlights information about whether a warrantless tracking of a car violates the Fourth Amendment.

United States v. Williams

This case highlights information about whether child pornography is protected by free speech.

Yeager v. United States

This case highlights information about double jeopardy.

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