Well why are you in court? For all cases you shouldn't be rude or sassy talk when spoken to NEVER say that the judge is wrong if you are found guilty don't throw a fit take your punishment
After arraignment: preliminary hearing(s) take place - followed by the trial itself - followed by a sentencing hearing (if found guilty).
Just be honest.
arrest - preliminary hearing - indictment - pre-trial hearing(s) - trial - sentencing.
Investigation > Arrest > Booking > Arraignment > Bond hearing (note: sometimes the arraignment and bond hearing are held simultaneously) > Preliminary hearing(s) > Jury Selection > Trial > Jury Deliberation > Verdict > Sentencing.
Court sentencing is when the judge is handing down the sentence to be served by the defendant. A court hearing can mean anything -- the court has scheduled a public forum to hear both sides of some type of a dispute (civil or criminal)
•Initial Appearance •Filing Charges •Preliminary Hearing •Grand Jury •Arraignment •Trial •Sentencing
You are considered guilty of a crime at the time that you enter the plea - regardless of when sentencing occurs.Added: You are "convicted" of whatever offense you pled to at the moment the judge pronounces the verdict.
It stands for "Pre-sentence Investigation". It is usually a report written by the respective county probation department after the plea hearing and before the sentencing hearing. It is given to the court (the Judge) so the sentencing Judge can properly determine whether the ultimate sentence given out is too harsh or too lenient.
I am unaware of any such law. A judge is free to sentence immediately upon the pronouncement of the verdict or he may order a pre-sentencing report to assist him in making a decision, and delay the sentencing hearing until the report is prepared and submitted to him.
It can be done as soon as guilty verdict is announced, or set off for a later date at a sentencing hearing.
Are you asking about the robbery TRIAL itself, or just the sentencing hearing?If you weren't sentenced immediately after the jury's verdict was delivered, you will receive a sentencing hearing at which the judge will announce your sentence for having already been found guilty by the jury.Sometimes, especially for capital crimes, the same trial jury will consider the sentence as a separate action from their verdict deliberations, but unless the armed robbery involved someone's death, this probably would not apply in this case.
Intake is the first step. Second step is detention. Third step is a formal hearing. and the fourth step is sentencing.