Criminal Justice Process

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The criminal justice process tends to vary from state to state. The states have their rules, procedure, and terms to describe the stages of the proceedings. In a general speaking, however, the criminal justice steps involve the following process. The investigation, search warrant, interrogation, arrest, complaint information or indictment, arraignment, bail, plea barging or plea negotiations, trial, the verdict, and questions for the attorney.

A law enforcement may begin in away such as an officer may perhaps observe a speeder on the highway or someone driving all over the road and suspect that the driver is intoxicated and pull the person over. If the investigating police officer suspects there is evidence in a certain location, the
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Although, a warrant is not always necessary in situations where the evidence may become destroyed or when a crime is in the process of currently being committed. Law enforcement officers may question or interrogate suspects and witness as long as they are not in violation of the constitution rights.

The police officers may make an arrest if the officers have the probable cause of a crime taking place and that a particular person has committed a crime. The cops may arrest a person under suspicion and take the person that they have arrested into custody. When a crime takes place in front of an officer, then the officer is allowed to detain the person without having a warrant being present.

An arrest typically becomes made in a public place with or without a warrant. If an officer wishes to detain a person in a private setting, they must first obtain an arrest warrant. However, if an enforcer believes that there is a possibility of the suspect fleeing or leaving the area, then prior authorization is unnecessary. The law enforcement officials have a short period after the arrest that they must charge the suspect with a crime or release the person from custody. Depending on the state but the officers have 24 to 48 hours to find enough evidence to hold the person guilty
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Usually, the criminal justice process will start by the filing of a complaint or information, then later on followed by a grand jury proceeding with the result of an indictment, or the preliminary hearing process. In all the cases the resulting information is an accusation against the suspect. It is not proof that the person committed the crime or crimes