COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
- Court Hearing: Learn what a court hearing is, tips on how to prepare for a court hearing and how to present your case at the court hearing
- Preliminary Hearing: The Court of Common Pleas has jurisdiction to hear preliminary hearings in felony matters to determine whether a defendant should be "bound over" for trial. This means that the judicial officer must believe there is sufficient evidence for the accused to stand trial in Superior Court.A defendant may choose to have a preliminary hearing or to waive it (give up the right to have the hearing.) If the defendant wants a hearing, the State must present evidence to the Court to establish that sufficient "probable cause" exists to hold the defendant for trial. To establish probable cause, the Court must have a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed and that the defendant committed the offense.
(http://courts.state.de.us/How To/court proceedings/?CCP.htm)

court
... During the court hearing, the prosecutor said she would seek maximum prison sentences...
(Oxford Dictionary)

rasprava, rasprava
1. discussion; treatise, paper
2. quarrel
3. hearing; sudska (javna) ~ court (public) hearing
(Morton Benson Dictionary)


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Note added at 2 hrs 37 mins (2004-09-30 12:42:06 GMT)
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Iz jedne odluke Ustavnog suda Republike Hrvatske:

“Suglasno odredbi članka 441. stavka 3. ZKP, ako okrivljenik ne dođe na glavnu raspravu, iako je uredno pozvan ili mu se poziv nije mogao uručiti zbog neprijavljivanja sudu promjene adrese ili boravišta, sud može odlučiti da se GLAVNA RASPRAVA održi i u njegovoj odsutnosti, uz uvjet da njegova nazočnost nije nužna i da je prije toga bio ispitan.”

“When a defendant was informed by a court that he was obliged to notify the court about his new address during the proceedings, a HEARING may be held in the defendant\'s absence if the court was not able to serve summons to defendant because he had failed to inform the court about his new address.”

(http://www.usud.hr/usud/prakswen.nsf/0/C1256A25004A262AC1256...