People of the Court
12 people who decide if you are guilty or not guilty.
What is the jury?
The amount of time you have to serve in jail or prison.
What is a sentence?
When you tell the court that you committed the crime.
What is guilty (plea)?
The side that presents their case first.
What is the prosecution?
What NGRI stands for.
This lawyer's goal is for you to be found guilty.
What is the Prosecutor?
You are allowed to live in the community but must abide by certain rules (e.g. no drugs, telling the court if you move).
What is probation?
When you tell the court that you did not commit the crime.
What is Not Guilty?
The type of trial the judge presides over.
What is a bench trial?
The type of plea that NGRI is.
What is guilty/"I did the crime"?
This is someone who saw or heard something related to the crime.
What is a witness?
When your time in the hospital or jail is accepted as your sentence.
What is time served?
What the judge issues after you enter a guilty plea.
What is a sentence?
The type of examination that occurs when the public defender or defense counsel questions the state's witnesses.
What is cross examination?
Two types of evidence.
What are video, cameras, pictures, fingerprints, DNA, etc...?
This person sentences you if you plead or are found guilty.
Who is the judge?
When you can go back into the community but the sentence is held over your head.
What is suspended sentence?
You plead this in exchange for a lesser sentence in a plea bargain.
What is "guilty"?
Does the defendant have to testify at the trial?
What is "no"?
The side that presents evidence.
What is "both"?
What you are referred to in the courtroom.
Who is the defendant?
A deal the state's attorney offers the defendant.
What is a plea bargain?
The process that occurs after you enter a "not guilty" plea.
What is a trial?
Twelve people determine your guilt or innocence in this type of trial.
What is a jury trial?
The definition of NGRI.
What is "I did the crime but due to my mental illness I wasn't in my right mind/didn't appreciate that my actions were against the law"?