Criminal ProcedureThe stages from investigation to sentence.LawThe typical progression.1InvestigationEvidence gathered under statutory powers and safeguards.2Charging decisionApplying evidential and public interest tests.3First appearancePlea, bail and case management decisions.4Pre-trial disclosureProsecution discloses material that may assist the defence.5TrialProsecution must prove the case to the criminal standard.6SentenceIf convicted, applying the relevant sentencing framework.Educational reference. Disclosure failures are among the most commoncauses of miscarriages of justice.Criminal Procedurelearnposters.com
Criminal Procedure — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Criminal Procedure, step by step

The typical progression.

  1. InvestigationEvidence gathered under statutory powers and safeguards.
  2. Charging decisionApplying evidential and public interest tests.
  3. First appearancePlea, bail and case management decisions.
  4. Pre-trial disclosureProsecution discloses material that may assist the defence.
  5. TrialProsecution must prove the case to the criminal standard.
  6. 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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