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Criminal Case Basics
- Charging Felonies by Complaint or Grand Jury Indictment
- Discovery of Evidence by Case Type
- Discovery, Evidence & Investigation (see below)
- Maximum Sentences (not enhanced)
- Enhanced Sentences
- Prior and persistent status
- Misdemeanors
- Felonies:
- Drugs:
- 130 Crimes
- Driving while Intoxicated (DWI) – Overview
- 1st offense
- 2nd offense (Prior Offender)
- 3rd offense (Persistent Offender)
- 4th offense (Aggravated Offender)
- 5th and 6th offenses (Chronic & Habitual Offender)
- Prior and persistent status
- Red Flag Internet Research
Evidence
- Incident reports
- Witness statements (pending)
- K-9 (Dog) PackTrack Records
- Taser logs
- Dashcam videos
- Bodycam videos
- Flock camera data and images
- Evidence photos (pending)
- Booking photos & booking videos (pending)
- CAD (Computer-Aided Dispatch) reports
- Dispatch audio recordings
- 911 recordings
- Electronic Records:
- Cell site data
- social media (pending)
- and more.
- Physical Evidence (pending)
- Field drug test results;
- Drug lab test results;
- Blood alcohol test results (pending);
- Private surveillance videos/images
Types of Cases
- Drug Offenses (tagged posts)
- Assault (pending)
- Resisting Arrest (pending)
- Driving Offenses (tagged posts)
- DWI (tagged posts)
- Criminal non-[child] Support (tagged posts)
- Forgery (pending)
End of Case (outcomes)
- Case Dismissed (pending)
- Dismissed by Prosecutor (pending)
- Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing by Judge (pending)
- Dismissed later in case (pending)
- Trial
- Jury Trial (pending – see tagged posts here)
- Bench Trial (pending)
- Pleading Guilty for “Deal”
- Misdemeanor Plea & Probation (pending)
- Felony Plea Petition Review (including video)
- Post Plea & Sentencing Rights (including video)
- Trial Guilty Verdict or Guilty Plea Outcomes
- Probation (vs. Parole) (pending)
- Suspended Imposition of Sentence (SIS) (pending)
- Suspended Execution of Sentence (SES) (pending)
- Fines
- Restitution (payment to victim) (pending)
- County Jail time
- Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) time (and click here for “enhanced sentence” information for prior and persistent offender)
- Credit for time served
- Parole (vs. Probation) (pending)
- When will I get released from DOC? (pending)
- Probation (vs. Parole) (pending)
- Costs, & Public Defender Fees
- Jury Costs (if you go to trial)
- Court Costs (separate for jury cost) (pending)
- Paying Public Defender Fee (Audio Option)
- End of Representation Letter to Client
Blog “Posts” (approximately 150 posts on many subjects; links below are to selective “tags”)
- General subjects:
- Public Defenders (tagged posts)
- Discovery (tagged posts)
- Evidence (tagged posts)
- Investigation (tagged posts)
- Constitutional Rights (tagged posts)
- Types of Case:
- Drug Offenses (tagged posts)
- Assault (pending)
- Resisting Arrest (pending)
- Driving Offenses (tagged posts)
- DWI (tagged posts)
- Criminal non-[child] Support (tagged posts)
- Forgery (pending)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) [Pending]
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