Crime: The Draper V. US Case

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The flow crime starts off with a crime being committed. Crime is defined as any offense which a person can be arrested for. The person must make a complaint. An investigation will begin after the complaint is made. The investigation will allow the police officer to find evidences on the victim. This gives the officer probable to detain the victim. Probable cause is definition in the Draper v. U.S. case. Next, the suspect will be arrested. They will be then taken into custody for booking. During the booking process, the name, address, mug shot and finger prints will be taken. This is a precaution just in case the suspect wants to flee. The suspect will appearance in court. There the suspect charges will be read out loud. The most important …show more content…

During this time, he prosecutor will call their witnesses to testify. The defense counsel will also be allowed to cross examine or question the witnesses as well. The preliminary hearing can sometime end the case before it goes to trial. If the magistrate finds probable cause then an information is filed with the court. Indictment or Information are the charging documents used to formally charge a defendant with a crime. The arraignment will be formal charges are read. The defendant is asked to state whether he is guilty, not guilty, or he can plead no contest. The case will then go to trial. The are two types of trials bench and jury. If defendant is charged with a serious offense which means he could serve six months or more imprisoned, then he is entitled to a jury trial by the sixth amendment. Then the trial has to be random selection of his peers. These individual must not know the defendant. If the defendant is found guilty. they will then be sentence by the court. The courts then found out if this is defendant’s first time or is the defendant a repeated offender. The defendant sentence to either jail, probation, fines, or the death sentence in some states. The defendant will complete their punishment for the crime and will be set back into the

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