What is the name of the first 10 amendments to the constitution?
100
Objection!
What is how to formally protest something during a trial?
100
Criminal Law
What is the system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes?
100
The right to remain silent
What is the right designed to protect a person who is undergoing police questioning or trial?
100
Homicide
What is the killing of a human being?
200
A defined body of rules of conduct created by government and enforced by a government authority.
What is the law?
200
Leading Questions
What is an allowable question, but only on cross-examination?
200
Retribution/Revenge, Deterrence, Incapacitation, and Rehabilitation
What are the 4 theories or purposes of criminal law?
200
Probable Cause
What a police officer must have in order to be justified in a search without a warrant (reasonable grounds)?
200
"Your Honor"
What is the proper way to address the Judge?
300
Judicial Branch
What is the branch of government that interprets the law?
300
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
What is the prosecution's burden of proof in a criminal case?
300
The most serious classification of crimes punishable by long prison terms or death.
What are felonies?
300
You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you in court, you have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided for you at no cost.
What is the Miranda Warning?
300
Evil Act; the criminal act
What is actus reus?
400
Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, and Assembly
What are the rights protected by the 1st Amendment?
400
By a Preponderance of the Evidence
What is the petitioner's burden of proof in a civil case?
400
A crime
What is something one does or fails to do that is in violation of a law (otherwise known as a wrong against society)?
400
The 4th amendment
What is where your rights during an arrest come from; prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure.
400
A guilty mind
What is mens rea?
500
Checks and Balances
What is protection against one branch becoming too powerful; limitation of powers?
500
The initial questioning of one's own witness.
What is direct examination?
500
First Degree Murder
What is the killing of another person as proven by premeditation and deliberation action?
500
Smell of air freshener, nervous behavior, bloodshot eyes...
What elements are usually considered reasonable suspicion during a police stop to conduct a search?