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Motions are not pleadings but are requests for the judge to make a legal ruling. Some of the most common pre-trial motions include: Motion to Discover. A motion by which one party seeks to gain information from the adverse party.
A pleading demands that the other party do something, while a motion requests that the judge in the case do something. These documents can be filed with the court before, during, or after the trial, though pleadings are typically filed at or near a case's outset.
A motion to sever is a request by either the State or the defendant asking the court to have separate jury trials on the different charges. A motion to sever can also ask the court to sever the trials of co-defendants, resulting in the defendants being tried separately rather than together.
The act of dividing, or the state of being divided. The term severance has unique meanings in different branches of the law. A second type of severance occurs in cases involving multiple defendants.The court may sever one or more defendants from the trial and try their cases separately.
In effect, in both kinds of cases, the lawyer asks the judge to direct a verdict for the defendant. The judge will either grant or deny the motion. If it is granted, the case is over and the defendant wins. If the motion is denied, as it usually is, the defense is given the opportunity to present its evidence.
A motion is an application to the court made by the prosecutor or defense attorney, requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins. The motion can affect the trial, courtroom, defendants, evidence, or testimony.
A Motion to Continue is a request by one or both parties in a legal dispute to the Court to extend or reschedule a hearing or trial date to a specified new date.
1) Separation of legal claims by court order to allow the claims to be tried separately. For example, a judge might sever the trials of two defendants accused of the same crime. 2) Money paid or benefits provided to an employee who is fired, laid off, or agrees to leave. ( See also: severance pay)
A motion to suppress is a motion that revolves around the exclusion of evidence from trial. In the United States, a motion to suppress is a request made by a criminal defendant in advance of a criminal trial asking the court to exclude certain evidence from the trial.