Court People
Defenses
Which Court?
Definitions
Crime Definitions
100
The number of jurors on a typical jury.
What is twelve?
100
Suggesting that a crime was committed in the process of protecting yourself or someone else in your care.
What is self defense?
100
The court in which traffic ticket cases would be heard.
What is District Court
100
In a civil suit, the person who brings the suit.
Who is the Plaintiff?
100
Another name for a simple theft.
What is larceny.
200
He or she represents society in a criminal case.
Who is the prosecutor?
200
Choosing to defend yourself by showing that you were not in a normal state of mind when a crime was committed.
What is an insanity plea.
200
Place in Kent County to go for issues about child custody.
What is Friend of the Court?
200
A major crime that would usually involve one year or more in jail.
What is a felony?
200
Stealing something through the use of threat.
What is robbery?
300
He or she gives the jury instructions before they are excused to determine a verdict.
Who is the judge?
300
Agreeing to plead guilty to a lesser crime instead of being prosecuted for a higher crime.
What is a plea bargain?
300
The court in which no appeals are allowed.
What is Small Claims Court?
300
A crime that involves someone being killed.
What is a homicide?
300
Breaking into a building intending to steal, but stealing nothing.
What is burglary?
400
The person who represents law enforcement in the courtroom.
Who is the bailiff?
400
Defending someone by attempting to show that the police or other court officials did not follow the right process in an arrest or prosecution.
What is a procedural defense?
400
The court that would hear a robbery case of a 15-year old that used a gun in the robbery.
What is juvenile court?
400
A crime that would usually involve a sentence of less than one year.
What is a misdemeanor?
400
A homicide that is particularly cruel or gruesome.
What is First Degree Murder?
500
Who deliberates in a criminal trial?
What is the jury?
500
Preparing a defense by showing that the prosecution's case is not "air tight."
What is a substantive defense?
500
Court in which civil cases under $25,000 wold be held.
What is District Court?
500
What is issued to an individual to require that individual to attend a trial?
What is a subpoena?
500
A unintentional homicide committed while doing something reckless.
What is Involuntary Manslaughter?
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