Pre-trial and information

What is the purpose of booking after an arrest?

• To explain the defendant's rights

• To make a police record of the arrest

• To provide basic information for identification purposes

• To take the accused to a police station

What is the purpose of bail in the criminal justice system?

• To assure the court that the defendant will return for trial

• To determine the nature of the charges

• To punish the defendant

• To keep the defendant in jail

What is the purpose of a preliminary hearing in felony cases?

• To obtain guilty pleas before the trial begins

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

• To determine the likelihood of the defendant's return

• To decide if there is enough evidence to make the defendant stand trial

What is the purpose of a grand jury in the criminal justice system?

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

• To decide if there is enough evidence to show that a person has committed a crime & should go to trial

• To determine if the defendant will be released on bail

• To obtain guilty pleas before the trial begins

What is the purpose of plea bargaining in the criminal justice system?

• To obtain guilty pleas before the trial begins

• To assure the court that the defendant will return for trial

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

• To determine the likelihood of the defendant's return

What is the purpose of a prosecutor's information in the criminal justice system?

• To determine the likelihood of the defendant's return

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

• To decide if there is enough evidence to make the defendant stand trial

• To assure the court that the defendant will return for trial

What is the purpose of personal recognizance or personal bond in the criminal justice system?

• To determine the likelihood of the defendant's return

• To assure the court that the defendant will return for trial

• To obtain guilty pleas before the trial begins

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

What is the purpose of a judge's initial appearance in the criminal justice system?

• To assure the court that the defendant will return for trial

• To explain the defendant's rights

• To determine the likelihood of the defendant's return

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

What is the purpose of a plea of guilty or not guilty in misdemeanor cases?

• To determine the likelihood of the defendant's return

• To decide if there is enough evidence to make the defendant stand trial

• To enter a plea of guilty or not guilty

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

What is the purpose of a felony arraignment in the criminal justice system?

• To enter a plea of guilty or not guilty

• To provide a formal criminal charge filed with the court

• To determine the likelihood of the defendant's return

• To decide if there is enough evidence to make the defendant stand trial