| When you have been arrested for a criminal case, | | | | a bench trial instead of a trial by jury. |
| you begin to understand that you are in a whole new | | | | The next type of trial is what is called a jury trial. |
| world. The police arrest you and then you go in for a | | | | This type of trial is for the most part self |
| hearing to await some type of bail. Once you have | | | | explanatory. This trial means that there will be a jury |
| been to your assigned bail hearing you will either be | | | | that goes through the entire trial process. At the end |
| released or held in jail until the day of your trial. | | | | of the trial, they will get together and deliberate to |
| Before you go to your trial, you might want to know | | | | decide on what the verdict will be. There are usually |
| what type of trials there are. | | | | 12 people in a jury and to get an official verdict from |
| There are two types of trials that are used in criminal | | | | the jury, you must have at least a 75% vote from |
| courts. The first type of a trial is what is called a | | | | the jury. This may be a positive aspect because of |
| bench trial. This type of trial is when there is no jury. | | | | the number of people that are in the jury. If you are |
| A bench trial basically means that the judge will hear | | | | worried about your vote, you might decide on a jury |
| all of the court case and then solely the judge will | | | | trial because you will have more people that might |
| decide on what they think the verdict should be. The | | | | side with your views. Some people choose to have a |
| judge will also be the one to sentence to you to | | | | jury trial because they might they have more of an |
| what ever the punishment might be. This can be a | | | | option for people to feel for the person that they |
| helpful type of trial if you are worried about what a | | | | are trying to prosecute. This can also be a negative |
| whole jury of people might think. If you think that | | | | aspect because people might not side with you and |
| they will rule negatively on your case then you might | | | | this might end your case badly. |
| ask your Criminal lawyer in Austin to help you to get | | | | |