Criminal Law
Murder is this type of crime
What is a felony?
What is Civil?
When a defendant is found not guilty it is called a/an.....
What is an acquittal?
A juvenile found guilty of a crime
What is a Juvenile Delinquent?
Local laws are usually called...
What are Ordinances?
What must happen before a suspect is questioned by law enforcement after an arrest.
What is to read the Miranda Rights.
Judgment given after the facts are presented is called a...
What is a Verdict?
An arrangement between prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a more lenient sentence or an agreement to drop other charges.
What is a plea bargain?
When Congress passes a law, that law is called a...
What is a statute?
Someone who files a lawsuit against someone else in a civil court
Who is a Plaintiff?
A payment of a sum of money with a promise that the accused will appear in court.
What is bail?
If a party does not agree with the decision in a court case, they can present their case to a/an..
What is an Appellate Court?
What is a Defendant?
Less serious crimes where the penalty is usually less than year in jail or even just a fine.
What is a Misdemeanor?
Government agency in most states that respond to reports of child abuse or neglect.
What is Child Protective Services?
Three categories of crimes
What crimes against people, crimes against property, and crimes against government
Summary of events in a Civil Trial is called...
This compels a witness is appear in court
What is subpoena?
When a criminal is sent back to the state the crime was committed.
What is extradited?
The Supreme Law of the Land
What is the Constitution?
The present three-level U.S. court system was established by the ________________________ and signed by President George Washington.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
The first step in a civil case is Representation, the second step is filing the third step is....
What is Discovery?
Main purpose is to inform the defendant of the criminal charges against him/her
What is Arraignment?
A set of criminal laws that apply to people in the military
What is the Uniform Code of Military Justice?
All of the thousand of statutes passed by Congress are collected together and organized by subject. This collection is called...
What is the United States Code?