MoFed, when I asked David that question, I did so in a sort of tongue-in-check manner, not expecting a serious response.

However, what you just posted is a serious response and I very much appreciate your taking the time to encapsulate the criminal defense process and protocols in a most thorough and compact way without embedding your explanation inside a web of legalese.

For that I thank you for a short and to the point liberal education.

Methinks you have a legal background?