Assertion: defendant | /r/AtLocation | guilty
Facets:
value: prior to
type: TEMPORAL
value: with this defense
type: OTHER
value: in a jury trial
type: LOCATION
value: after trial
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: If the defendant is found not guilty, they are usually free to go home.
text: a defendant is declared incompetent, his or her trial gets suspended, he or she undergoes treatment, he or she regains competency, and he or she is found guilty after the trial resumes.
text: a defendant is declared incompetent, his or her trial gets suspended, he or she undergoes treatment, he or she regains competency, and he or she is found guilty after the trial resumes.
text: the defendant is found guilty, and he or she appeals the conviction generally.
text: If the defendant is found guilty, the State's Attorney recommends a sentence for the judge to determine and may have to argue the case again in an appeal to a higher court.
text: In minor misdemeanor cases, judges frequently hand down sentences immediately after the defendant pleads guilty or no contest, or is found guilty after trial.
text: (judge's statement at side bar that if defendant proceeded with trial and was found guilty, he would impose sentence of 18-20 years, but that if defendant pleaded guilty, sentence would be six years to six years and one day was coercive, making defendant's guilty plea involuntary).
text: With this defense, the defendant is found “not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.
text: If the judge approves, the sentence is shorter than it would be if the defendant was found guilty in a jury trial.
text: If the defendant goes to trial and is found not guilty, he/she is released, and the previously set bond is exonerated or returned to the person who posted the bond.
text: If the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, the next step is to order a presentence investigation.
text: However, if the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to a crime in which you are a victim, you may have an opportunity to let the court know how the crime effected your life.
text: An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court by the defendant who has been found guilty prior to being sentenced.
text: If the defendant is found not guilty, he or she is released.
text: After the defense rests, the judge will ask the state for any argument, and this is when the state gets to make what is essentially a speech about why the defendant should be found guilty.