Introduction
Every city has a district attorney that will go against you if a crime has been committed and you were charged. The attorney works with police when there are criminal investigations and will help prosecute you for the crime at hand.
Step 1
Legal Advice
If the district attorney were to give you advice then they would not be the prosecutors. About the only thing that a district attorney can tell you is the process that will be gone through in order to get your case to court. They can also say that you will need to get an attorney to represent you in court. Legally the district attorney is not licensed to give any type of legal advice. They can only represent the state with handling any criminal matters that need brought to court for a trial.
Step 2
Attorney
When you have committed a crime the police are going to arrest you and take you in for booking. At this time the police will tell you what you are being charged with and will start asking questions. At this point the best thing you can do is ask for an attorney. If you cannot afford to pay an attorney then the courts will appoint a lawyer to represent you and it will not be the district attorney.
Step 3
Subpoena
As the case gets closer to coming to trial there are going to be subpoenas issued by the district attorney. This is an order by the court that a person has to show in order to testify whether they are a victim or a witness. If the people do not show then there is a warrant for their arrest issued immediately.
Tips
Arraignment
When you are charged with a crime this now makes you the defendant in the courts eyes. When there is an arraignment the attorney that is representing you will be present. At this time is where the courts ask how you would like to plea. It will be either guilty or not guilty of the charges. If the attorney says a plea of guilty then the judge will ask the assistant district attorney for all the facts that involve the case. Once everything is stated then the judge will decide how long the sentence is for. If plea is not guilty then everything is moved to a different court date.
Trial
By the time of any trial both the attorney that is representing you and the district attorney are going to have their facts straight. There will be a jury that will hear the case, see the evidence, and hear the witnesses. Both sides will have witnesses that will come forward and testify for and against you. The district attorney is going to cross examine each witness that your attorney has take the stand and your attorney will cross examine the other sides witnesses. After everyone has been heard and all the evidence has been presented the juries will go to a room and deliberate in hopes of coming to a conclusion of guilty or not guilty. After deliberation they will come back with a verdict. If it is guilty at that time you will be taken into custody and sentenced.
Source
www.ehow.com
