Criminal Procedure, step by step
The typical progression.
- InvestigationEvidence gathered under statutory powers and safeguards.
- Charging decisionApplying evidential and public interest tests.
- First appearancePlea, bail and case management decisions.
- Pre-trial disclosureProsecution discloses material that may assist the defence.
- TrialProsecution must prove the case to the criminal standard.
- SentenceIf convicted, applying the relevant sentencing framework.
Educational reference. Disclosure failures are among the most common causes of miscarriages of justice.
Questions about the Criminal Procedure poster
- What’s on the Criminal Procedure poster?
- 6 numbered steps. The typical progression. Investigation — Evidence gathered under statutory powers and safeguards.; Charging decision — Applying evidential and public interest tests.; First appearance — Plea, bail and case management decisions.; Pre-trial disclosure — Prosecution discloses material that may assist the defence.; Trial — Prosecution must prove the case to the criminal standard.; Sentence — If convicted, applying the relevant sentencing framework.. Educational reference. Disclosure failures are among the most common causes of miscarriages of justice.
- Who is the Criminal Procedure poster for?
- Criminal Procedure belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning criminal law can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Criminal Procedure poster?
- Each stage has its own safeguards and its own standard to meet. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Criminal Procedure belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Criminal Procedure?
- The Elements of an Offence, Corporate Liability and Defences sit alongside Criminal Procedure in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Elements of an OffenceCorporate LiabilityDefences
- Is the Criminal Procedure poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Criminal Procedure downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Criminal Procedure poster print at?
- Criminal Procedure is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Criminal Procedure loses nothing.Printing guide
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