Pleas
Abbreviated as NGRI
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
The person who is in charge of the courtroom and the trial.
Who is the judge?
The formal decision of guilt or innocence.
What is the verdict?
Showing that you're in a place to help your lawyer with your defense.
What is competent/competency?
A lie told in court.
What is perjury?
You do not accept responsibility for the charges.
What is not guilty?
The lawyer who helps the defendant in court.
Who is the defense attorney? Public defender is also acceptable.
Unpaid work that is done instead of going to prison.
What is community service?
Data presented in court to prove that a defendant has committed a crime.
What is evidence?
A legal term that menas that people understand the charges against them and is able to help with their defense.
What is competency?
You accept responsibility for the charges
What is guilty?
The person who is physically or monetarily affected by the crime.
Who is the victim?
The punishment assigned by the court.
What is the sentence?
The prosecutor has proven that there is no other explanation for the evidence.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
The official statement that people give in a trial.
What is testimony?
By pleading this, you are saying that you're not guilty, but you can't prove your innocence.
What is no contest?
A person who has been charged with a crime
Who is the Defendant?
Money that is paid to the victim for injury or loss.
The evidence that gives officers a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed.
What is probable cause/reasonable doubt?
Items found at a crime scene that tie the defendant to a crime.
What is evidence?
An agreement made for a lesser charge or a lesser sentence.
What is a plea bargain?
A person who tries to prosecute people who are charged with a crime.
Who is the prosecutor? Also district attorney
A period of time during which the defendant has to meet certain conditions.
What is probation?
The responsibility of the prosecutor to prove guilt.
What is burden of proof (or innocent until proven guilty)?
The amendment that gives you the right to be silent.
What is the 5th Amendment? (Would also accept Miranda Rights)