Orden de juicio para casos criminales en California

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice en qué orden deben llevarse los juicios criminales. Primero se tratan los casos más graves y luego los menos graves, pero hay excepciones para ciertos tipos de víctimas.

Es como si en una cocina, primero cocinas los platillos más complejos que requieren más tiempo, y luego los más sencillos, pero si alguien tiene una alergia grave, esa comida se prepara primero.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está acusado de un robo y está en la cárcel. Su juicio será de los primeros en atenderse. Mientras tanto, María, que tiene una acusación menor y está libre bajo fianza, tendrá que esperar más tiempo para su juicio.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620] ( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 6. PLEADINGS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL [976 - 1054.10] ( Heading of Title 6 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) CHAPTER 8. Formation of the Trial Jury and theCalendar of Issues for Trial [1046 - 1051] ( Chapter 8 enacted 1872. ) 1048. (a) The issues on the calendar shall be disposed of in the following order, unless for good cause the court directs an action to be tried out of its order: (1) Prosecutions for felony, when the defendant is in custody. (2) Prosecutions for misdemeanor, when the defendant is in custody. (3) Prosecutions for felony, when the defendant is on bail. (4) Prosecutions for misdemeanor, when the defendant is on bail. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), all criminal actions in which (1) a minor is detained as a material witness or is the victim of the alleged offense, (2) a person who was 70 years of age or older at the time of the alleged offense or is a dependent adult, as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 368, was a witness to, or is the victim of, the alleged offense or (3) any person is a victim of an alleged violation of Section 261, 264.1, 273a, 273d, 285, 286, 287, 288, or 289 or former Section 262 or 288a, committed by the use of force, violence, or the threat thereof, shall be given precedence over all other criminal actions in the order of trial. In those actions, continuations shall be granted by the court only after a hearing and determination of the necessity thereof, and in any event, the trial shall be commenced within 30 days after arraignment, unless for good cause the court shall direct the action to be continued, after a hearing and determination of the necessity of the continuance, and states the findings for a determination