After your arrest, you will be arraigned in front of a district court judge. You should plead “not guilty” at your arraignment. Your case will then be set for a pre-trial conference with the prosecuting attorney’s office. If you are charged with a misdemeanor and your case is not resolved at the pre-trial conference, your case will be set for a trial date. If you are charged with a felony, your case will proceed to the “preliminary examination” where the prosecutor has to present enough evidence to convince the court that your case should be bound over to circuit court. Once in circuit court, you will be arraigned again, and your case will be set for a pre-trial conference, and then a trial. It is extremely important to have your attorney at your side at every step of the process.

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