Module 23 Outline

  • Charging
    • Filing Charges
    • Charging Documents
  • The Initial Appearance
    • Misdemeanors
    • Felonies
    • Notification of Charges and Defendant Rights
    • Pretrial Release
      • Setting Bail
      • Monetary Bail
      • Nonmonetary Release
  • Preliminary and Grand Jury Hearings
    • Preliminary Hearings
    • Grand Jury Hearings
      • A Fifth Amendment Right
      • Grand Jurors
      • Grand Jury Process and Outcomes
      • Likelihood of Indictments
  • Arraignment
    • Entering a Plea
      • Guilty
      • Nolo Contendere
      • Not Guilty by “Reason of Insanity”
      • Not Guilty
    • Pretrial Motions
    • Pretrial Discovery
  • Diversion
  • Plea Bargaining
    • Supreme Court Cases Related to Plea Bargaining
    • Procedures Related to Plea Bargaining
    • Types of Plea Bargains
    • Advantages of Plea Bargaining
    • Disadvantages of Plea Bargaining
  • The System in Perspective
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