CRJU110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Grand Jury, Misdemeanor, Miranda Warning
20 Jan 2017
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Formal process established to apprehend, adjudicate, sanction, and treat criminal offenders. The main agencies and components responsible for enforcing criminal laws police, courts, and corrections. Proactive strategy: the officer has initiated contact with you directly. Examples: heck points for seatbelts, checkpoints for duis, checkpoints for licenses, etc. The officer comes into contact with the citizen through some third-party information. Examples: a bystander, a witness, someone who calls the police department, etc. Most common: 94% of policing is reactive: investigation, arrest. Takes place after the officer has read the person his or her miranda. Suspect understands he/she is not free to leave: custody. Information or indictment is filed in felony cases: first appearance. Person is informed of charges, reminded of rights (right to a speedy trial, right to legal representation, etc. ) The person becomes a (cid:862)defendant(cid:863: preliminary hearing/grand jury. Grand jury will decide if it is an indictment case, and a judge will decide in other cases: arraignment.
