Criminal_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Criminal_Complaint-Captions.xml
Criminal_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Criminal_Complaint-Captions.xml
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<p begin="00:00:00.25" end="00:00:05.50">This is your legal minute, brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
<p begin="00:00:06.10" end="00:00:12.00">When watching television dramas, reality shows or movies, the impression is given that every criminal case</p>
<p begin="00:00:12.10" end="00:00:16.60">begins with an arrest at the scene of the crime. That, however, is not true.</p>
<p begin="00:00:16.70" end="00:00:23.50">Often, criminal cases start in a far less dramatic fashion, with the filing of a written document with the clerk of courts.</p>
<p begin="00:00:23.60" end="00:00:27.90">The first official paper filed in a criminal case is called a “Complaint.”</p>
<p begin="00:00:28.40" end="00:00:34.30">It’s submitted by the prosecution on behalf of the State or the local government that’s bringing the criminal action.</p>
<p begin="00:00:34.40" end="00:00:39.50">The Complaint states the name and address of the person accused of the crime (the defendant).</p>
<p begin="00:00:39.60" end="00:00:47.10">It also has a brief statement of what the defendant is accused of doing and on what date. It then contains the written law called a</p>
<p begin="00:00:47.20" end="00:00:50.90">“statute” or “ordinance” that the defendant is accused of violating,</p>
<p begin="00:00:51.00" end="00:00:56.50">and it also notes the severity of the crime charged—whether the case is a felony or a misdemeanor.</p>
<p begin="00:00:56.60" end="00:01:04.50">The Complaint even specifies the exact degree of felony or misdemeanor alleged, whether it’s a very serious charge or a minor one.</p>
<p begin="00:01:04.60" end="00:01:10.70">This legal minute is brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
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