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