Court Room
A person who testifies under oath in a trial with evidence
What is a witness?
Who ensures order and security in the courtroom?
Bailiff
A court hearing where the defendant is formally charged and enters a plea.
Arraignment
You did the crime.
What is guilty?
The prosecution's responsibility to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Burden of Proof
A group of people who are selected and sworn in to hear a trial and to reach a verdict based on the evidence presented to them
What is the jury?
What are 2 pleas that can cause you to go to trail?
Money or property posted to secure a defendant's release while awaiting trial.
Bail/Bond
You are not saying you did it or didn't do it. You are leaving it for the court to decide after hearing your trial.
What is No Contest?
A person who testifies based on their knowledge of the case.
Witness
person who has been accused of a crime and is on trial
What is the defendant?
The outcome of your trial when it is determined if you are guilty or not guilty
What is Verdict?
When the judge, state's attorney, and your public defender allow you to plead guilty to a less serious crime and receive a lighter sentence- usually, probation is recommended.
What is a Plea Bargain?
You didn't do the crime.
What is not guilty?
Oversees the trial and rules on legal matters
person who makes a word-for-word record and transcription of court proceedings
What is the court reporter?
You did not understand something about the way court works
"IST" stand for "Incompetent to Stand Trial."
The person charged with a crime is the
What is a defendant?
You were not aware that you were doing anything wrong at the time of the crime.
What is Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity?
The legal team representing the government, proving the defendant's guilt.
What is Prosecution?
A public officer who presides over and administers the law in a courtroom; he or she controls the proceedings in the courtroom and decides on questions of law or discretion
What is the judge?
Their job is to represent the state in court
What is State Attorney/Prosecutor?
Any abnormal courtroom behavior such as yelling, cursing, and talking out of turn.
Contempt of Court
What Plea states: "I am not saying whether I did or did not do the crime. I will leave it to the judge?
What is No Contest?
Group of citizens who evaluate evidence and determine the verdict.
What is a Jury?