The person who is charged with an offence is known by this term.
Who is the accused?
100
This group of twelve people are sworn in to hear evidence, witness testimony, and decide which facts are true.
Who is the jury?
100
This is the street name of the drug that was found in the backpack Jamie Smith was holding onto when he was arrested.
What is marijuana?
100
These lawyers are responsible for defending the accused, and he will sit closest to them during a trial.
What is defence counsel?
200
The legal Latin term for "guilty mind".
What is mens rea?
200
These are the two types of pleas available to the accused, when he is asked about his responsibility for the crime he has been charged with.
What is guilty and not guilty?
200
This person helps the judge run the trial by opening the court, swearing in the witnesses, keeping track of exhibits, adjourning and closing the court.
Who is the court clerk?
200
This is the age of Jamie's little brother, who was attendant at the scene of the crime.
What is eight years old?
200
This location contains special facilities for smudging, traditional Métis sashes, and a circular arrangement of parties.
What is the Aboriginal Courtroom?
300
This includes witness testimony, results of forensic investigations, statements given to the police, and expert opinions. It is used to prove whether a crime happened and who did it.
What is evidence?
300
These lawyers act on behalf of Canada against the accused in criminal cases (two words).
What is the Crown Prosecutor?
300
If someone important to the trial, like a witness or the accused, is not fluent in speaking and understanding English, this person translates to and from their native language.
Who is the court interpreter?
300
This is the name of the person whose backpack Jamie was holding onto at the scene of the crime. (Hint: it’s a colour.)
What is Red?
300
If the court is hearing a trial involving potential security concerns it would take place in this location. The public sits behind bulletproof glass.
What is the High Security Courtroom?
400
The legal Latin word for "queen" that appears in the title of Canadian cases.
What is Regina or R.?
400
In Canada, these are codified in the Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and Criminal Justice Act. For example, murder, burglary, treason, and unlawful possession of drugs.
What is a criminal offence/crime?
400
These are members of the public who have some knowledge about the accused or the event and are brought into the courtroom to give evidence that helps a judge or jury decide the outcome of the case. If they testify at trial, they will be under oath to tell the truth.
What is a witness?
400
This is the kind of officer that arrested Jamie and the others at the scene of the crime. These kinds of officers are hard to spot because they not wearing a police uniform.
What is a plainclothes officer?
400
The name of the concrete room where we keep people accused of a crime, just before they enter the courtroom.
What is a holding cell?
500
These are the names for the questions that counsel asks their own witnesses during the trial, and the questions that opposing counsel gets to ask those witnesses after. They are also known as the examination of witnesses.
What are direct and cross examination?
500
An alternative form of justice unlike what we saw at the sentencing in the courthouse. In this version of sentencing, the parties sit in the round, elders are in attendance, and the community aims to restore the relationship between offender and victim.
What is a sentencing circle/restorative justice?
500
If the defendant or accused cannot afford to represent himself or arrives without a lawyer, this is the person who fills in.
Who is duty counsel?
500
In order to prove that Jamie Smith committed the offense of possession for the purpose of trafficking, the Crown will have to prove that Jamie completed the act AND had the intent to help Red traffic drugs. These elements of the offence are also known by their Latin names.
What are mens rea and actus rea?
500
The name of the crime if you steal a pizza from a grocery store.