sentencing hearing
Penalty determination session
A sentencing hearing is a court proceeding where a judge determines the punishment for someone who has been convicted of a crime.
It typically follows a guilty verdict or plea and may include testimony from victims, character witnesses, and the defendant before the judge imposes the sentence: The sentencing hearing is scheduled for next month.
- mitigating factorsCircumstances reducing culpability
- character witnessesThose attesting to reputation
- probationSupervised trial period
- aggravating circumstancesConditions warranting harsher punishment
- trial proceedingsEvents during a case
defendant · parole eligibility · plea agreements · incarceration · prosecutor · fines · bail conditions · flight risk · white collar crime · allocution · judicial discretion · defense attorney · appeals · victim impact statements · community service · judge · court reporter · restitution
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- Criminal Defensedefense attorney, defense lawyer, defense strategy, defense team, defense witness
- court actionsadjudication, arraignment, bail setting, custody ruling, divorce decree
- court proceedingstrial, arraignment, verdict, testimony, plea
- courtroom activitiescross-examination, opening statement, closing argument, jury deliberation, plea bargaining
sentencing hearingtrial
Judicial examination of claims
parole hearing · clemency hearing · arraignment · bail hearing · preliminary hearing
sentencing hearingarraignment
Charge-reading court session
arrest warrant · criminal complaint · first appearance · booking · investigation
sentence, sentencing, sentenced, sentences, hearing, hearer, hearers, hearings, overhear