what is criminal court?

Answer 1

A place where if you are charged with a crime you must appear on a stated date. Failure to appear would grant the court the write to place a capo-us on you or whoever, that is a warrant for your arrest. Now they are different levels of court.

Magistrate, grand jury for indictment, circuit court for felony's and each charge bears its own punished. It is possible to be convicted of many charges and have the punish running concurrent which means at the same time.

You are the ward of the court while you are facing charges. That means in effect they are your family or equivalent to it until the matter is resolved. Also you are the courts property until the matter is resolved.

Finally in court you actions are debated between lawyers and generally speaking the best debater wins unless you make it clear by your actions that you are guilty. That is your day or days in Court.

I hope this helped good luck.

Answer 2

Generally, and with few exceptions, a criminal court is a court or similar forum in which the causes heard are brought by "the people" of the particular state or nation which the court represents, as opposed to causes brought by individuals or businesses. The latter causes are heard in civil court. A criminal cause of action accrues to all the people, against the defendant, and the district attorney / prosecutor merely represents the people on the cause.

Answer 3

Criminal court is a court that hears cases from and against people who are accused of breaking the law. Civil court, on the other hand, is a court that hears cases between parties who have a grievance but where no law has been broken and no charges have been made. For example, criminal court would hear a case about someone accused of burglarly. Civil court would hear a case about someone whose broken sidewalk allegedly caused someone else to trip and fall, and the person who fell wants to sue the owner of the sidewalk for medical costs and so forth.

Answer 4

Criminal Court is a court that has trials for people who have broken the laws of the state where the trial is being held. Anyone being held for trial in Criminal Court should be considered Innocent until proved guilty by a jury of their peers. Thanks for the question !

Answer 5

A court where criminal offenses are heard.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Criminal court is a court in which crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, arson, etc. are heard and in which the criminal can go to prison if found guilty by a jury of his peers.

Answer 8

i disagree with the general answers that the others gave. i have a cautionary tale for you. i was none the wiser of what type of offenses will define you as a criminal. i had what i thought was a minor traffic violation,but it came to find out it was criminal and i could have done 30 days in jail, pay a fine or community service. i chose community service.

the offense was driving with an expired tag,which then leads to suspended license which leads to standing in front of a judge and him asking you how you plead.

Answer 9

When a person is accused of a crime, he is entitled to a trial. The criminal court is the arena for that trial.

Answer 10

some jurisdictions divide their courts into two different sections, the "civil" side concerns lawsuits that involve money, family law, interdictions, and all other matters not related to the commision of crimes

criminal court concerns itself only with justice for criminals