Deal or No Deal?
What are the two types of pleas a defendant can make in a plea bargain?
What are guilty and no contest?
What happens if a person is found not guilty?
A person on probation has to meet regularly with this person from the Office of Community Corrections. What is this person called?
Who is the probation officer?
This word means to give sworn answers in court. Witnesses must answer questions truthfully, be direct, and stay on topic without unnecessary detail.
What is testify?
What is the name for the person who is accused of committing a crime?
Who is the defendant?
What are the two types of plea bargains?
What are sentence bargains and charge bargains?
What is it called when a person is found guilty but gets a sentence equal to the time they already spent in jail?
What is time served?
According to probation rules, what two substances may a person on probation be ordered not to use?
True or False: The ability to testify relevantly is a competency factor in Florida.
True.
What is the name for the lawyer who represents the defendant?
Who is the public defender/defense attorney?
Name the three people who must agree to a plea bargain before it becomes binding.
Who are the defendant, prosecutor, and judge?
This type of supervision allows you to live in the community while following rules set by the court, like meeting with a supervision officer monthly and not being able to leave the county without permission.
What is probation?
Maria is on probation and wants to move to a new address. She moves without getting permission from her probation officer. Did she follow her probation rules?
No. Maria must inform her probation officer before she moves.
What is the questioning of a witness by the lawyer who called that witness to testify called? For example, the defense lawyer questions the defense witness.
What is direct examination?
What is the name for the lawyer who represents the State in a criminal case?
Who is the prosecutor/State attorney?
A defendant is charged with a serious crime. The State allows the defendant to plead guilty to a lesser crime. The judge will decide the sentence. What type of plea bargain is this?
What is a charge bargain?
What is a type of probation that may require a person to wear an electronic device and follow a set schedule?
What is community control?
True or False: A person on probation may be required to pay court costs.
True.
What is questioning of a witness by the opposing lawyer called? For example, the prosecutor questions the defense witness.
What is cross examination?
A group of 6 or 12 people from the community who are selected to hear a trial and decide whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty.
What is the jury?
A defendant is told, "If you plead guilty, you will receive this exact sentence." What type of plea bargain is this?
What is a sentence bargain?
What type of payment is made to the court for injury, loss, or damage caused to the victim?
What is restitution?
Someone on probation violates their conditions. For felony probation specifically, they could be sent back to this place to serve the rest of their original sentence. What is this place called?
What is prison?
What is it called when someone knowingly lies under oath, and what is the penalty for this offense? (You must get both questions correct in order to receive credit!)
What is perjury? What is up to 5 years?
During a trial, who decides questions about the law and makes sures the courtroom follows the rules?
Who is the judge?