by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Process
This stage of the criminal justice process is called pre-trial. This is the stage after arraignment and a plea of not guilty is entered by the accused. The following are the steps in the pre-trial process: a) Required attendance in court hearings depending on the...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Process
The process of booking in California is a series of steps that need to be performed in order to properly create a criminal record for the arrested individual. Another objective is to provide the accused the basic necessities during this preliminary incarceration until...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Process
The process of arrest in California is a result of a long line of judicial decisions and procedural rules laid out for compliance. The following are the highlights of the process of arrest in California. An individual is considered arrested when there is an individual...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Process
The first court proceeding an individual accused of committing a crime would be arraignment. This is a procedural matter where the charges leveled against the accused are read out in open court. In this process, the court would ask the accused to enter a plea of...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | California Laws, Criminal laws
Under Sec 272 of the California Penal Code defines the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor as follows: a) The commission of an act or failure to perform a duty; b) That causes a minor or a person under eighteen years of age to become or remain: a. A...
