It sounds like the defendant is being detained, or will be detained, at the request of the state pending (presumably) charges by the state prosecutor.
"The State" functions as the prosecutor in a criminal case.
was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to refuse counsel and represent themselves in state criminal proceedings.
It has no particular legal meaning as an expression. It may mean a state held a criminal for a period of time.
There is no plaintiff in a criminal case. The state prosecutes.
state case held in Massachusetts
It depends on the case and the circumstances, but this question COULD be a true statement.
The state in which the alleged incident occurred.
A criminal case
A criminal lawyer is not needed for a misdemeanor case.
state court
Criminal case
an information (grad point) ;)