Criminal Law
This crime involves taking another person's property without permission, with the intent to permanently deprive them of it.
What is larceny
Unlike criminal cases, civil cases generally involve disputes between these parties.
Who are individuals, organizations, or other private parties
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment
In this TV series, attorney Harvey Specter works at a fictional New York law firm.
What is Suits
Sam enters a closed store through a broken window at night intending to steal money from the register.
What is burglary
This is the legal standard requiring the prosecution to prove a defendant's guilt to convict them of a crime.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt
This type of civil wrong occurs when one person's negligence causes harm to another.
What is a tort
What is the 5th amendment
In My Cousin Vinny, Vinny represents two college students accused of this crime.
What is murder
A person plans a murder with another person and the police discover the plan right before they kill the victim.
What is conspiracy
This term refers to the guilty act required for most crimes.
What is actus reas
Money awarded to compensate someone for losses caused by another party is called this.
What are damages.
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment
This 1992 film stars Tom Cruise as a military lawyer defending two Marines accused of murder.
What is A Few Good Men
A neighbor repeatedly tells other people that someone committed a crime, even though the neighbor knows the statement is false.
What is defamation
This term describes a person who intentionally helps or encourages another person into committing a crime.
What is accomplice
This civil standard of proof means that something is more likely true than not true.
What is preponderance of the evidence
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th amendment
This 1957 courtroom films centers on a jury deciding whether a teenger is guilty of killing his father.
What is 12 Angry Men
In a legal TV show, an attorney discovers evidence that could help prove their client's innocence but must determine whether it can legally be introduced at trial.
What are the rules of evidence
This constitutional protection prevents a person from being tried twice for the same offense after aquittal or conviction.
What is double jeopardy
This court order requires a person or organization to do something or refrain from doing something.
What is an injunction
This amendment guarantees equal protection of the laws and is frequently involved in constitutional discrimination cases.
What is the 14th Amendment
This TV series follows attorney Jimmy McGill before he becomes known by this infamous professional name.
What is Better Call Saul
Police find illegal drugs after searching a person's car without legal justification. The defense asks the judge to keep the drugs out of the trial.
What is the exclusionary rule