Signing warrants -- Charging -- First appearances, bail, and release -- Defendant's competence to proceed -- Interpreters -- Discovery and disclosure of records -- Omnibus proceedings and legal issues -- Suppression motions -- Guilty pleas -- Trial process and rights -- Evidentiary issues during trial -- Post-verdict motions -- Sentencing -- Restitution -- Probation revocation -- Post-conviction remedy -- Extradition -- Removal of a judge -- Expungement: motion to seal records -- Driving while impaired -- Sexual assault and abuse -- Domestic abuse issues -- Juvenile delinquency -- Animal cruelty -- Table of authorities -- Subject index.