Boys State Bar Exam Practice- CA/2018

Who can file and prosecute criminal charges against persons believed to have committed a crime? County District Attorney or State Attorney General Defendant (in criminal case) A person charged with a criminal offense In whose name are cases filed against a person charged with a criminal offense? Cases are filed in the name of PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA against the person charged with a crime What are the US and CA Constitutional guarantees to one charged with a crime? The right: 1. to a speedy and public trial by court or jury 2. To appear in person and with counsel (an attorney) 3. To produce witnesses on his or her behalf and to be confronted with the witnesses against him or her in the presence of the Court and jury and cross-examine those witnesses 4. Not to testify (known as "right against self-incrimination"