criminal proceeding

criminal proceeding
A proceeding in court in the prosecution of a person charged or to be charged with the commission of a crime, contemplating the conviction and punishment of the person charged or to be charged. State ex rel. Sweezcr v Green, 360 Mo 1249, 232 SW2d 897, 24 ALR2d 340. A proceeding against a juvenile offender is in no sense a criminal proceeding, where it does not contemplate punishment for an offense, but prevention of an erring minor from becoming a criminal. State v Freeman, 81 Mont 132, 262 P 168, 171. See criminal prosecution.

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