If you’ve been charged with a felony in Missouri, the court process can be very confusing. This article lays out the steps that the case takes and what happens at each step. The timing of the steps may vary slightly from judicial circuit to judicial circuit. A felony case in Missouri is triggered by the ...
An administrative hearing, which is a separate form of “due process” from a criminal trial, is usually held by a local, state or federal government agency in order to determine the validity of criminal charges. The DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) often holds administrative hearings for defendants who are accused of drinking-and-driving related crimes. Administrative ...
When a person is arrested and indicted for a criminal offense, he or she will stand before a judge and will be given a set bail amount. That amount depends on a variety of factors, not the least of which being the severity of the crime of which the suspect is accused. In most cases, ...
Defendants and prosecutors both benefit from plea bargaining. Defendants will benefit mostly because he or she will receive a lesser sentence in prison or jail than he or she would receive if the case went to trial. The prosecutor will benefit as well because the defendant taking the plea bargain means that the prosecutor will ...
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