Criminal proceedings, according to the Italian law, it is the succession of the acts, initiated by the Italian judicial authorities, which leads from the inclusion of the crime to the pronunciation of a final order act by the courtIt defines the criminal process the wraps of the criminal proceedings that began as a result of the pronunciation of a decree of indictment in a preliminary hearing, or, in the special proceedings that omit this hearing (immediate feedback, express trial and the proceedings for the decree), following the request by the public prosecutor, upon the occurrence of the conditions provided for by law. The public prosecutor, if it becomes aware of the relevant facts, on the request of a party (e.g. a complaint, complaint on the part of private or office during the course of the judge), shall provide for the registration of the crime Then you open the stage for the preliminary investigation which is aimed at the determination on the exercise of the criminal action, which must be given notice to interested parties. The notice shall also include the right, within twenty days from the notification, to request further investigations, to submit statements, to be examined by the public prosecutor if the request for a new investigation will be accepted, these shall be carried out within a maximum period of days, including a period of grace. However, given that the code of criminal procedure do not provide for the obligation for the public ministrerò, you always have the interrogation of the suspect in the course of the preliminary investigation, the provisions of art. bis of the code of criminal procedure (notice to the suspect of the conclusion of the preliminary investigation) are a guarantee for the effective exercise of the right of defence. In any case, the pleadings, the productions of documents and the questioning that will be included in the dossier of the public prosecutor, pursuant to art bis, will be evaluated by the judge for the preliminary investigations and have value for the purposes of the decision of the cause in the case the defendant demanded the judgment be abbreviated. At the conclusion of the preliminary investigations the public prosecutor, where there is elements to proceed, make the request for indictment, it shall communicate to the person concerned inviting him to possibly appoint a lawyer of trust, by specifying the fact, the rules that are presumed to be violated, the place and date of the violation as well as documentation related to investigations that will be deposited at the secretariat of the public ministry. In this case, the public ministry requires, with modes that change the function of the rite, by these or by the suspect chosen because of the competence of the adjudicating body drawn from the title of the offence, which is provided for the reference which is symptomatic of the establishment of the criminal process. It is important to specify that it is only from this stage the suspect takes the role of defendant, and then only in this phase, the process is considered to be a slope to the loading of the same. Finally, if they are not found useful elements for such a step, it is instead placed in the storage by means of a special request: in particular stands out among the request storage decree storage: the first is required of the public ministry, while the second is issued by the GIP.
