What Happens When Bond Is Set?
The first thing to happen when bail is set is a court procedure. At the court procedure, the bond is either settled and then held for court OR the client moves to a formal arraignment, pretrial conference, and finally a trial. At the formal arraignment, the client is assigned a judge who will later hear the case and also tells the courts whether he or she will use a private attorney or use a public defender. At this arraignment, clients will have to prove they are qualified for the public defender services. The pretrial is the stage where the client can plea bargain and also determine whether the trial will be a jury or non-jury trial. Finally, the client will go to trial.
