Amendments
This amendment protects your freedom of expression
What is the 1st Amendment?
The United States court system is organized by this founding document (also known as the supreme law of the land)
This is the highest level court in the state of Virginia
What is the Virginia Supreme Court?
A case involving a disagreement between two parties
What is civil?
What are guilty and not guilty?
This amendment prohibits the national government from violating due process
What is the 5th Amendment?
The US Court of Appeals has this type of jurisdiction
What is appellate jurisdiction?
This court hears cases involving individuals under the age of 18
What are Juvenile Courts?
Type of case that determines if someone is guilty of committing a crime
What is criminal?
This is defined as money used to release a person from jail
What is bai?
This amendment prohibits state and local governments form violating due process
What is the 14th Amendment?
There are a total of ____ US District Courts
What is 94?
General District Courts hear cases about this type of crime
What are misdemeanors?
The type of case often referred to as a lawsuit
What is a civil case?
This is defined as the level of evidence needed to make an arrest
What is probable cause?
This amendment protects you against unreasonable searches and seizures
What is the 4th Amendment?
The US Supreme Court houses this number of associate justices
What is 8?
Circuit Courts in Virginia hear cases involving this type of crime
What are felonies?
Something, often money, given to someone to make up for harm that was caused
What are damages (or compensation)?
In this phase of a criminal case an attorney can be appointed to a defendant
What is the arraignment phase?
This amendment provides rights to someone accused of a crime (ex: speedy trial, right to an attorney)
What is the 6th Amendment?
The closest US District court to Broadway VA is located in this city
What is Harrisonburg?
The number of justices that sit on the Virginia Supreme Court
What is 7?
In a felony case, this type of hearing is conducted to see if there is probably cause
What is a preliminary hearing?
This prevents someone from being tried for the same exact crime twice (not guilty verdict that can't be appealed)
What is double jeopardy?