Your trial is the next step in the criminal court process, after you’ve:
- been to your first appearance and arraignment hearing, and
- contacted a lawyer for legal advice.
This section explains what you need to do during your trial. To find out about defending yourself, see if there’s information about your particular charge in the Defending Yourself series.
Before your trial date arrives, you can go to court and watch some other cases. You’ll see how the court works, where everybody sits, and what different people say and do. If you visit the court before you have to appear yourself, you’ll be less nervous when you go to court for your own case.
