You work in your state as a paralegal for the law firm Sam & Sam Associates at Law, which handles criminal law cases. The firm has recently hired an attorney who has just passed the bar. The senior attorney asks you to prepare a 500-800 word memo directed to the new attorney, Paul Smith that outlines the procedures for a felony criminal case in the trial court in Ohio. Use and cite the Rules of Criminal Procedure for OHIO.

The memo must explain the following steps:

1. Entering an appearance
2. Obtaining discovery
3. Closing the file- the different ways a case can come to a conclusion