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Lady Justice—the allegory of justice—statue at court building in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Pre-trial detention, also known as jail, preventive detention, provisional detention, or remand, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence.
For example, cases may be remanded when the appellate court decides that the trial judge committed a procedural error, excluded admissible evidence, or ruled improperly on a motion. In common law jurisdictions, remand refers to the adjournment (continuance) of criminal proceedings, when the accused is either remanded in custody or on bail ...
In Costa Rica, the 1998 Criminal Proceedings Code allows for a pre-trial remand of 12 months if the person is considered a "flight risk". [6] If the case is considered complex in nature, the detention can be increased to up to three and a half years or more of imprisonment. As of 23 May 2013, over 3,000 people were in pre-trial detention. [6]
Both guardianship and custody describe legal relationships between an adult and a child. Custody refers to a child’s biological parents, whereas guardianship would be given to a non-biological ...
In typical criminal law, time served is an informal term that describes the duration of pretrial detention (remand), the time period between when a defendant is arrested and when they are convicted. Time served does not include time served on bail but only during incarceration and can range from days to, in rare cases, years. A sentence of time ...
The defense team argued that he fits the profile of a defendant who should not be remanded into pretrial custody. Agnifilo spoke in court Wednesday about Combs' respect for the court, pointing to ...
Both defendants were remanded into custody after appearing at the Old Bailey. A plea hearing was set for 14 April and a trial at the same court was provisionally set for 13 October.
Arrest or police custody, a lawful holding of a person by removing their freedom of liberty Remand (detention) , otherwise known as remanded in custody Imprisonment (Terminology varies, but in common law, detention before charge is referred to as custody and continued detention after conviction is referred to as imprisonment.)