Penalties
Punishable by death
What is a Capital Felony
Who selects the Jury?
The State Attorney and Public Defender
This person is against you, not on your side, is to prove that you are quilty.
Who is the State Prosecutor or State Attorney?
This is lying under oath.
What is Perjury?
You serve your time for all the charges at the same time.
What is Concurrent Sentence
Punishable by a max term of 30 years.
What is a F1?
The Jury consists of how many people.
6 or 12 people
A person who has expert knowledge about a particular subject.
What is an Expert Witness?
Yelling, cursing, shouting out in the courtroom is.
Contempt of Court
An agreement between the State Attorney, Defense Attorney and the defendant. This agreement may result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence in exchange for your plea of guilty or no contest.
What is a PLEA BARGAIN
Punishable by a max term of 5 years.
What is a F3
The role of the Jury is.
Give a Verdict
A person who helps keep order in the courtroom, swear people in, and announces events.
Who is the Bailiff?
Whisperings, or writing a note is.
How you communicate with your lawyer in court.
You must complete the sentence for each charge separately.
What is Consecutive Sentence?
Punishable by a max term of 15 years.
What is a F2?
No
This person is like a referee, keep order in the courtroom, make sure the defendant gets a fair trial, does the sentencing, and decides the verdict in a bench trial.
Who is the Judge
Contempt of Court is what type of crime.
What is a Misdemeanor?
American courts operate under this type of system where the State Attorney and Defense Attorney present opposite sides of your case in court.
What is an Adversarial System
Punishable of a max term of life.
What is a Life Felony?
The accused can only be convicted.
If all of the Jurors vote Guilty.
This person is on your side, defends you in court, trys to prove that you are not guilty.
Who is the Public Defender or Defense Lawyer?
Well groomed, well-fitting clothes,hair and beards should be clean, combed and neatly trimmed.
What is appropriate courtroom Attire?
Someone that has been charged with a crime.
What is a defendant?