Typically a preliminary hearing which is required to establish probable cause to arrest and in some cases to detain a suspect. An arraignment is when the formal charges are read to the accused and...
Assuming there is a finding of probable cause at the preliminary hearing, the next step in the process is discovery, then motions, then plea or trial. For a detailed discussion of the felony process,...
If your are detained and questioned by the police as a suspect in a crime, you must be charged with a crime or released. If you are charged, you are Mirandized and arraigned. You wait in jail for a...