Criminal Overview

All crimes can be studied, charged and apparently at the federal or state level. The following sections will contain a brief overview of criminal law.

Type of crime

Crime can be categorized as follows:

1. Felony: Very serious crimes known as a crime, where the defendant is required to serve at least one year in prison. Felonies can be further classified as follows:

Rape
Kidnapping
Murder
Arson.
Robbery
2. Misdemeanor: Lower crime is known as a mild violation and usually requires less than one year in prison. Some of the various types of mild violations are listed below:

Attack
Theft
Vandalism
Public poisoning.
Sometimes it depends on the criminal code that is common in the state and description of crime, certain crimes are classified as a criminal act or mild violation. Such crimes that often include attacks known as Wobblers.

Crime constituents

To prove the crimes committed by the punishment, the Prosecution Party must persuade the arbitrators remembered by people accused of being guilty while doing it. The Defendant’s mindset description depends on the following:

Knowledge
Destination
Recklessness
Negligence
To quote the example above, it should be noted that murder occurs when someone intentionally kills other humans. Because proving crimes committed by the accused, thus, thus need to convince the jury not only murder, but also the intention of the killer.

The rights of guilty of crime

If someone is punished for a crime, a mild violation, or wobbler, he holds some rights after the arrest is done. This includes the following:

The right to maintain silence: This right is proposed to strengthen the accused of stating something that can prove the commitment of crime.

Right to appoint a lawyer: If you are detained at the police station, you are given the right to contact your criminal lawyer. The main role appointed a criminal lawyer was to give advice to those who were punished and represented him in court.

Rights for Public Defenders: If the person accused of committing sufficient financial crimes to appoint a lawyer, public defender can be appointed to represent him.
Criminal Law Procedure.

The following steps are followed in criminal cases:

Arrest: This is the first step in the criminal process, where in a certain period of time, the police will submit a case against you or order your release.

Cost: If someone is found guilty of crime, he must appear in court for the charges. All charges against someone published and the defendant was given the opportunity to submit a petition (guilty or vice versa). Arbitrator will announce the test date if one file an innocent petition.

Please bargain: You can enter the “bargain” with a prosecutor while waiting for the trial. The request bargain is a procedure where requests accused of being guilty of lower levels of crime to obtain mild sentences.

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Zaire Phillip