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Stages of a Criminal Case in Tennessee

By Baker Associates

When clients come into our office at Baker Associates, there is often some confusion about the criminal process and criminal law in Tennessee. This blog entry hopes to clear up some of that confusion. Criminal prosecution develops in a series of stages, which begins with an arrest and may or may not end with a jury verdict. In fact, the majority of criminal cases terminate when a criminal defendant accepts a plea bargain offered by the state prosecutor. In a plea bargain, the defendant pleads guilty to the charged offenses or to lesser offenses prior to trial in exchange for a more lenient sentence or for dismissal of related charges. The stages of a criminal case along with a brief (and oversimplified) description are provided below: ? Arrest - This stage begins typically with an arrest by a police officer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on May 20, 2009 (boomark / email).