The correct answer is A (1) Police charge a defendant with a crime (2) The defendant is ruled either guilty or not guilty
Explanation:
Federal criminal cases are those related to Federal law, which includes offenses such as kidnapping. tax evasion, identity theft, among others. These cases go through different stages but the first one is the formal accusation of the defendant by the police, which is known as a criminal charge. This should occur before the trial as according to the law as no one can be trialed except is there is a formal accusation.
Moreover, this stage is followed by a formal and fair trial and at the end of the trial, the defendant is found guilty or innocent based on evidence and the information presented by the attorney and the prosecutor. Finally, the defendant can appeal to the decision, which means to ask for the case to be reviewed. According to this, option A is correct.
