Sources of Law in the United States

Sources of Law in Canada

Courts in the United States

Courts in Canada

Stages of Criminal Proceedings in the United States

Stages of Criminal Proceedings in Canada

Legal Professionals Involved in the United States

Legal Professionals Involved in Canada

United States Constitution

Bill of Rights

Amendments (5th, 6th, 8th, 14th)

Federal statutes

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Criminal Code (Code criminel)

Constitution Act, 1867

State statutes

Jencks Act

Acts of parliament

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Youth Criminal Justice Act

Criminal Procedure in the United States and Canada

Supreme Court

State Supreme Court

State Appeals Court

State Trial Court

Court of Appeals

District Courts

Supreme Court

Provincial/Territorial Courts of Appeal

Provincial/Territorial Superior Courts

Provincial/Territorial Courts

Provincial/Territorial Administrative Tribunals

Federal Court of Appeals

Federal Court

Federal Administrative Tribunals

Arrest or issuance of citation/summons

Bail

Arraignment

Preliminary hearing/formal charge with crime

Pre-Trial Hearing

Trial

Acquittal

Conviction

Sentencing

Mistrail

Trial

Incarceration

Parole

Release

No parole

Release after full term

Payment of fine

If innocent, release

Pretrail stages

Pretrail stages

Trial stages

Posttrial stages

Police investigation

Charge filed

Intake phase

Trial stages

Superior Court

Preliminary inquiry

Court intake

Superior Court trial

Provincial Court

Provincial Court trial

Sentencing

Sentencing

If innocent, release

If innocent, release

Posttrial stages

Payment of fine

Custodial sentence (jail)

Probation

Probation

No parole

Release after full term

Parole

Release

Other programs

Discharge (conditional or absolute)

Conditional/suspended sentence

Intermittent sentence

Death penalty

Life sentence

judges

prosecutors

attorneys (city, district, United States)

witnesses

Model Penal Code

police officers

sheriffs

police investogators

police detectives

federal agents

defenders (county public, alternate public, federal)

court clerks

patrollers

jurors

court reporters

court officers

paralegals

process servers

victim advocates

corrections officers

probation officers

rehabilitation specialists

corrections counselors

parole officers

witness coordinators

wardens

witnesses

judges

police officers

Justices of the Peace

Attorney Generals

detectives

private investigators

probation and parole officers

court clerk

special constables

victims advocates

rehabilitation counselors

corrections officers

prisoner classification interviewers

paralegals

criminal investigators

inmates records coordinators

court reporters

pre-trial services officers

bailiff

peace officers

criminal defence lawyers

jurors