What are the different types of hearings?
Arraignment – Reading of your Constitutional rights, advisement of the charges, entering a plea. Pretrial Hearing – A conference between parties (prosecutor and defendant) regarding the settlement of the case. Preliminary Hearing – A felony hearing by a judicial officer to determine if there is sufficient evidence to bind a defendant over for trial. Jury/Court Trial – The examination of evidence and the decisions of the issues of law by a judge or jury to determine guilt or innocence. Post Judgment Hearing – Any hearing after sentencing that would require a modification or change in the Court’s order.
• Arraignment – A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime (felony or misdemeanor) is brought into court where there is a reading of the charges against you, reading of your Constitutional rights, entering a plea. • Pretrial Conference (PTC) – A conference for a misdemeanor case between parties (prosecutor and defense) regarding planning of the trial, review of proposed evidence and witnesses, and setting the trial schedule. May also discuss the possibility of settling the case. • Preliminary Examination/Hearing (PX) – A felony hearing held before a judicial officer in which evidence is presented so that the court can determine whether there is sufficient evidence or cause to hold the accused for a trial on a felony charge in Superior Court. • Trial – The examination of evidence and the decision of the issues of law by a judge or jury to determine guilt or innocence. Can be either (1) a bench trial, i.e., a court trial that is heard and decided by a judge,
Arraignment- Reading of your Constitutional rights, advisement of the charges, entering a plea. Pretrial Hearing – A conference between parties (prosecutor and defendant) regarding the settlement of the case. Preliminary Hearing – A felony hearing by a judicial officer to determine if there is sufficient evidence to bind a defendant over for trial. Jury/Court Trial – The examination of evidence and the decisions of the issues of law by a judge or jury to determine guilt or innocence. Post Judgment Hearing – Any hearing after sentencing that would require a modification or change in the Court’s order.
