The New Oral Criminal Procedure in the State of Nuevo Leon
Client/Legal Alert
July 2012
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Investigation stage: This stage involves conducting an investigation of the crime and the defendant by the Public Prosecutor, with the participation of a supervisory judge, the
juez de garantías, who will be in charge of resolving on the legal situation of the accused. The Public Prosecutor leads the Pretrial Investigation, which is started upon a complaint (this is required when the offense being claimed is prosecuted upon request of the offended party).