Evidence
This type of evidence is used to make it easier for the jury to understand evidence that has already been admitted. For example, a map of the area or a diagram of the bullet's trajectory in a murder trial.
What is demonstrative evidence?
The primary amendment that governs search warrants.
What is the Fourth amendment?
This civic responsibility requires that selected citizens attend a trial and decide whether the defendant is guilty
What is jury duty?
The two goals of criminal adjudication.
What is truth and justice?
This type of crime is the lowest possible offense. Many of them are strict liability crimes.
What is a violation?
This type of evidence is when a witness explains their point of view on the stand during direct and cross examination.
The person who can consent to a search of a home.
What is the person to be searched themselves, or a person who also has authority over the premises (such as a co-inhabitant)?
This legal term refers to a symbol, design, or phrase legally registered to represent a company or product, distinguishing it from others
What is a trademark?
The side that carries the burden of proof in a criminal trial.
What is the prosecution?
This is the name of the courthouse we visited yesterday.
What is the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse?
The following is an example of this type of evidence:
A video of the suspect holding the cashier of a store at gunpoint.
What is documentary evidence?
When probable cause is established.
What is when it is more likely than not that the person committed the crime?
This is a form of legal protection given to creators of original works, granting them exclusive rights over their creations for a limited time
What is copyright?
The standard for a defendant to be convicted.
What is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
This term refers to the underlying intention and purpose behind a law, as opposed to its literal wording
What is the spirit of the law?
The following is an example of this type of evidence:
DNA collected at the scene of the crime.
The details that must be noted in a search warrant.
What is the particular place to be searched and the items to be searched for?
This position supervises individuals who have been released from jail or prison but are still under the supervision of the court system
What is a probation officer?
The meaning of the adversarial system.
What is the system with two different sides (prosecution and defense) in combat with each other. where each side is given the opportunity to present their case?
The maximum sentence for a Class A Felony is this amount.
What is life in prison?
The following is an example of this type of evidence:
After a burglary of a house where the burglar entered the house by breaking into a window, the Prosecution presents a picture of the house before the window was broken.
What is demonstrative evidence?
The purpose behind a search for the search incident to a lawful arrest exception to apply.
What is to stop suspects from grabbing a weapon or destroying evidence?
The Honorable Denny Chin is a judge that sits on this court?
Bonus points: Before joining his current court, Judge Chin worked on this lower-level court.
What is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit?
Bonus points: What is the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York?
The conflict attorneys may face in pursuing the goals of a trial.
What is incompatibility between truth or justice that forces attorneys to choose one (both may not always be possible)?
When claiming this defense, a defendant usually says "I didn't know that it was illegal to do what I did."
What is a mistake of law defense?