Step 1
Arrest / stop
Fourth Amendment (search) and Fifth (silence). You may ask for a lawyer. Do not physically resist; challenge later.
Then: Booking / lockup
Procedure flow
Criminal procedure
Each node opens the official rule or code. Court-rule numbers never open a neighboring statute chapter.
Official statutes, rules, and court sites stay in their original language.
Arrest through appeal. Each node opens the official rule or amendment — not a neighboring code chapter.
Step 2
Booking / lockup
Miranda applies to custodial interrogation. Do not talk about the facts. Ask when first appearance is.
Then: First appearance
Step 3
First appearance
Ask the judge to appoint counsel. Gideon is the federal floor. Get the next date in writing.
Then: Arraignment / plea
Step 4
Arraignment / plea
A guilty plea is a conviction. Do not plead until you have talked to a lawyer.
Then: Discovery / pretrial
Step 5
Discovery / pretrial
Brady is the constitutional duty to disclose favorable evidence. Iowa procedure is Rule 2.14. Speedy trial is Rule 2.33 — Court Rules Chapter 2, not Code 33.
Then: Motions / suppression
Step 6
Motions / suppression
Challenges to the charge and to the search belong in the criminal-procedure book.
Then: Plea offer or trial
Step 7
Plea offer or trial
A plea offer is still a conviction if accepted. Trial rules are a different section of the same criminal-procedure book. Evidence is its own book.
Then: Sentencing
Step 8
Sentencing
Keep the order. Ask about appeal time the same day. Post-trial motions have short clocks.
Then: Appeal
Step 9
Appeal
The clock lives in the appellate rules. Iowa Rule 6.101 is Court Rules Chapter 6 — never Iowa Code chapter 101 (flammable liquids).