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Audiencia de vinculación

English translation: Indictment Hearing

02:30 May 13, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Legal
Spanish term or phrase: Audiencia de vinculación
Amén, de que tampoco se dio cumplimiento a lo establecido en el artículo XXX del Código Nacional de Procedimientos Penales, ya que las constancias de autos, se advierte que desde el momento de la detención de XXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX, hasta el día de la audiencia de vinculación, en ningún momento contó con la asistencia consular correspondiente.
Jorge Rascón
Mexico
Local time: 01:13
English translation:Indictment Hearing
Explanation:
USA query: Post-arraignment > to enter a plea vs. E+W post-committal for trial from the Magistrates' to the Crown or Central Criminal Court 'The Old Bailey' for a *serious* criminal offenc/se.

Time to invest in West's dictionary of Law + Business : Audiencia de vinculación > Mex. Proc. Pen. Indictment Hearing.

Arraignment in E+W: taking of a plea.
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Adrian MM.
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4 +2Indictment Hearing
Adrian MM.
5 +1preliminary hearing
Sandro Tomasi
3respective hearing
David Hollywood
Summary of reference entries provided
Ref.
Jane Martin
Cristina Zavala

  

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respective hearing


Explanation:
I would suggest

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Note added at 13 mins (2021-05-13 02:43:26 GMT)
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maybe add "judicial"

David Hollywood
Local time: 05:13
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Mex. + Ecu : Audiencia de vinculación / a proceso /
Indictment Hearing


Explanation:
USA query: Post-arraignment > to enter a plea vs. E+W post-committal for trial from the Magistrates' to the Crown or Central Criminal Court 'The Old Bailey' for a *serious* criminal offenc/se.

Time to invest in West's dictionary of Law + Business : Audiencia de vinculación > Mex. Proc. Pen. Indictment Hearing.

Arraignment in E+W: taking of a plea.

Example sentence(s):
  • An indictment is when a person is formally accused and charged with committing a /serious / crime. ... The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that a person can only be charged with a capital, or other infamous crime, by being indicted by a gr

    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-legal-information/article/abs/spanishenglish-dictionary-of-law-and-business
    https://www.cortenacional.gob.ec/cnj/images/pdf/consultas_absueltas/Consultas%20en%20materia%20penal%20(mar-15).pdf
Adrian MM.
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Virginia Koolhaas
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, Virginia, and thanks.
neutral  Sandro Tomasi: Is this for UK? In US, no such thing. // I know it's not, but I was wondering if it existed in the UK. Vinc. a proc. has nothing to do with arraignment. It is a probable-cause hearing, which is what a preliminary hearing is in US.
5 hrs
  -> OK, Sandro. This is not a country-specific rendering, though West's dictionary is US Am.-slanted. I had been hoping you would be picking up on the US arraignment angle.
agree  Branka Ramadanovic
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, Branka, thanks and lepo hvala.
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preliminary hearing


Explanation:
audiencia de vinculación a proceso > preliminary hearing

Both audiencia de vinculación a proceso and preliminary hearing are set up to establish probable cause at the judicial level. The main difference between the two is that the latter calls for the examination and cross examination of witnesses while the former is set up for both parties to dispute the initial charges in court.

Código Nacional de Procedimientos Penales
Artículo 316. Requisitos para dictar el auto de vinculación a proceso
El Juez de control, a petición del agente del Ministerio Público, dictará el auto de vinculación del imputado a proceso, siempre que:

I. Se haya formulado la imputación;

II. Se haya otorgado al imputado la oportunidad para declarar;

III. De los antecedentes de la investigación expuestos por el Ministerio Público, se desprendan datos de prueba que establezcan que se ha cometido un hecho que la ley señala como delito y que exista la probabilidad de que el imputado lo cometió o participó en su comisión. Se entenderá que obran datos que establecen que se ha cometido un hecho que la ley señale como delito cuando existan indicios razonables que así permitan suponerlo, y

IV. Que no se actualice una causa de extinción de la acción penal o excluyente del delito.

El auto de vinculación a proceso deberá dictarse por el hecho o hechos que fueron motivo de la imputación, el Juez de control podrá otorgarles una clasificación jurídica distinta a la asignada por el Ministerio Público misma que deberá hacerse saber al imputado para los efectos de su defensa.

El proceso se seguirá forzosamente por el hecho o hechos delictivos señalados en el auto de vinculación a proceso. Si en la secuela de un proceso apareciere que se ha cometido un hecho delictivo distinto del que se persigue, deberá ser objeto de investigación separada, sin perjuicio de que después pueda decretarse la acumulación si fuere conducente.

Artículo 318. Efectos del auto de vinculación a proceso
El auto de vinculación a proceso establecerá el hecho o los hechos delictivos sobre los que se continuará el proceso o se determinarán las formas anticipadas de terminación del proceso, la apertura a juicio o el sobreseimiento.

U.S. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 5.1. Preliminary Hearing
(a) In General. If a defendant is charged with an offense other than a petty offense, a magistrate judge must conduct a preliminary hearing unless:
(1) the defendant waives the hearing;
(2) the defendant is indicted;
(3) the government files an information under Rule 7(b)
charging the defendant with a felony;
(4) the government files an information charging the defendant
with a misdemeanor; or
(5) the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor
(e) Hearing and Finding. At the preliminary hearing, the defendant may cross-examine adverse witnesses and may introduce evidence but may not object to evidence on the ground that it was unlawfully acquired. If the magistrate judge finds probable cause to believe an offense has been committed and the defendant committed it, the magistrate judge must promptly require the defendant to appear for further proceedings.
(f) Discharging the Defendant. If the magistrate judge finds no probable cause to believe an offense has been committed or the defendant committed it, the magistrate judge must dismiss the complaint and discharge the defendant. A discharge does not preclude the government from later prosecuting the defendant for the same offense.

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Black’s Law Dictionary
preliminary hearing.
A criminal hearing (usu. conducted by a magistrate) to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to prosecute an accused person. If sufficient evidence exists, the case will be set for trial or bound over for grand-jury review, or an information will be filed in the trial court. - Also termed preliminary examination; probable-cause hearing; bindover hearing; examining trial.

Sandro Tomasi
Local time: 04:13
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: On further investigation and after reading your references, you've convinced me, though I like "probable-cause hearing" for this as it's more self-explanatory.
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Robert.
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Reference comments


4 hrs
Reference: Ref.

Reference information:
Discussion of 'vinculacion' in the Mexican judicial system here
https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-compara...

Jane Martin
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Reference

Reference information:
See "Political Constitution of the United Mexican States with reforms and additions through October 2015"
The term has been translated as "association order":
The term to issue the association order may be extended only at the request of the accused, according to the procedure set forth by the law. Prolonging the detention shall be sanctioned by penal law.

https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-compara...
Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado
"La palabra “vinculación”, además de que era completamente ajena al proceso penal mexicano, carece del significado que el dictamen pretende atribuirle. En el Diccionario de la lengua española se señala que “vinculación” es acción y efecto de vincular o vincularse, y que “vincular”, en el derecho, quiere decir “sujetar o gravar los bienes a vínculo para perpetuarlos en empleo o familia determinados por el fundador”, así como “asegurar, atar con prisiones” (Real Academia Española 2014, t. II, 2446). En consecuencia, la expresión “auto de vinculación” está muy lejos de tener el significado que los autores de la reforma pretendieron darle, y su utilización para sustituir el nombre de resoluciones que forman parte de la cultura jurídica mexicana no parece obedecer más que a una decisión autoritaria, caprichosa, de los autores de la reforma."
"No parece que sea propio del auto de vinculación a proceso el que ordene la apertura a juicio, pues el auto de vinculación proceso se dicta en la audiencia inicial o en la de vinculación a proceso, todavía dentro de la etapa de investigación, y el juicio corresponde a la tercera etapa, por lo que el auto que ordena la apertura a juicio no debe dictarse hasta antes de que finalice la segunda etapa, la intermedia o de preparación al juicio, precisamente dentro de la audiencia intermedia, según lo disponen los artículos 334 y 347."

Cristina Zavala
Ecuador
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Sandro Tomasi: I disagree with the English translation of the Mexican Constitution. It is funny how the quoted author disagrees with the use of “vinculación.” I agree with your last paragraph, which makes it clear this has nothing to do with standing for trial.
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