The Jury
The number of jurors who must agree to reach a verdict.
What is All or 12 or Unanimous?
This is the person who sent you for competency restoration.
Who is the Judge?
This is the only person in the courtroom who is on my side and trying to help me.
Who is the Defense Attorney?
This is an accused person’s answer to their criminal charges.
What is a Plea?
This is what the punishment handed down by the judge is called if you are guilty.
What is the Sentence?
Since the jury isn’t on either side, they are considered to be this.
What is Neutral or Impartial?
This is the person who will interview you and give their professional opinion to the court saying whether you are now competent to stand trial.
Psychologist
The defense attorney represents you. The prosecutor represents this.
What is the State?
This is what IST stands for.
What is Incompetent to Stand Trial
In order to receive a plea bargain, I must agree to plead this.
What is Guilty or No Contest?
This is when all the jurors don’t agree on a verdict.
What is a Hung Jury?
An important part of being competent is the ability to work with this person.
Who is my Defense Attorney?
This person has the ‘burden of proof” to show you are guilty.
Who is the Prosecutor?
I may be able to choose to have this kind of trial instead of a jury trial.
What is a Bench Trial?
If I’m convicted, I may have to spend my sentence in a place called this.
What is Prison?
When a jury is “hung”, the trial cannot continue which causes this.
What is a Mistrial?
This is the person who will decide if I’m now competent to stand trial.
Who is the Judge?
This type of questioning happens after a witness gives their testimony and is used by the opposing attorney to test the truth and accuracy of their statements.
Cross-Examination
What happens if someone is found Not Guilty by Reason of insanity.
Mental State Hospital
If you are given this kind of sentence, you will be released into the community with rules and conditions you must follow.
What is Probation?
The jurors are regular people randomly chosen from this place.
What is the Community?
Not only must I have factual knowledge about the courts, I also need this: which is the ability to look at my case in a realistic and reasonable way.
What is a Rational Understanding?
This is the ability to tell your attorney everything about your case in confidence, without fear of your attorney telling anyone else.
What is the Attorney-Client Privilege?
This is the decision made by the jury.
What is a Verdict?
a penalty of money that a court of law or other authority decides has to be paid as punishment for a crime or other offense.