general/criminal-procedure

Latin legal maxim

Influence of the public in court cases

Legal right to have a lawyer

Legal defence preventing someone from being tried again on the same charges

Defensive plea that lists special reasons why a trial cannot proceed

Court ruling to defer the disposition of a defendant's case

Formal accusation of wrongdoing in common law

Document which begins a criminal proceeding

Offense against the judicial process

Legal protection from prosecution for legislators

Reversal of a criminal conviction

Adjudication process in criminal law