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Steps involved in criminal procedures

There are several steps involved in criminal procedure, the six main ones being:

2) crime detection by the police, i.e. they investigate a complaint and find out that a crime has indeed been committed (An, 2004). Then the accusatory stage, when the police believe a specific suspect has committed a specific crime and arrest the subject, the arrest stage, the search stage and the booking stage and a preliminary investigation

3) the criminal prosecution, in which the police transfer materials to the prosecutor, the charging stage in which it is decided what crimes have been committed; the complaint stage; the adjudication stage, which includes

c) arraignment, requiring a plea by the accused,

d) pretrial motions made by either the prosecutor or the defense counsel, and

4) the sentencing stage, in which the judge makes the official decree of judgement: the decree of the judge always overrides jury recommendations

5)the appeal stage, in which the offender claims innocence or that an error has been made, and

6) the punishment stage, carried out by correctional officials.

By definition, "evidence, in law, covers the various things presented in court for the purpose of proving or disproving a question under inquiry" (Evidence, 2006). It includes testimony, documents, maps and video tapes. Trial evidence consists of the sworn testimony of witnesses on both direct and cross-examination regardless of who called the witness, the exhibits received into evidence and any facts to which all the lawyers have agreed or stipulated. The law of evidence governs the use of testimony, which includes oral or written statements, and exhibits such as physical objects and other documentary materials which are allowed to be considered by the jury (or trier of fact) in a criminal proceeding (Evidence (law}, 2006).

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