A simplified criminal-procedure sequence with jurisdiction and practice caveats.
highlighted = computed this step
Foundations honesty note
Honesty note: simplified standard model; jurisdiction US; as of 2026-06-24; jurisdictions vary; not legal advice; the chart models a process description, not the law itself.
US model as of 2026−06−24
Criminal procedure is a process map
This lesson uses a simplified criminal procedure map. State and federal systems differ, and the map does not imply any result.
simplified criminal process
Example stage data
The toy path starts at investigation, then charge, arraignment, pretrial motion practice, trial, verdict, sentencing, and appeal labels.
stage labels only
The verdict branch has a safeguard
The not-guilty branch terminates at case ends in this diagram. The guilty branch is a process label that points to sentencing; it is not a prediction.
not guilty branch terminates
The diagram governs the route
The simplified criminal flow has 11 stages and 2 decision gates.
stages=11,decisions=2
Diagram note
The chart is a procedure vocabulary map. It does not imply any verdict, sentence, or appeal outcome.
criminal process labels only
Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated-rule interpretation.
Narrow summary
Read each node as a process label and each branch as a route label, not as a factual or legal finding.