The Supreme Court
How many supreme court justices are there?
Nine
The case: Miranda v Arizona helped create this amendment
what is the 5th amendment ?
Civil cases generally deal with what?
What are disputes between two people
What has to be broken in order to start a criminal law trial?
What is a law?
Which is more serious, a felony or a misdemeanor?
What is a felony?
What is the job of the judicial branch? (what do they do with the law?0
What is interpreting the law?
The 4th amendment means that the police must have one of these to search your property
What is a warrant?
What is the person who sues someone in a civil case called?
What is the Plaintiff?
Who prosecutes someone in a criminal law case?
Who is the government or the state?
Felonies carry a minimum of this many days in jail
What is 365 days in jail?
What is the power to decide if a law is constitutional called?
What is judicial review ?
The 8th amendment protects against what?
What is cruel and unusual punishment?
In a civil case, what is the person being sued called?
What is the defendant?
In a criminal case how sure must a judge be that the defendant is guilty?
What is 95%?
What is manslaughter?
90% of the cases the supreme court sees are this type of case
What are appellate cases
What is the current method of the death penalty in the US?
What is lethal injection?
In a civil case the jury must be this percent sure the defendant is guilty
what is 51% sure
What does it mean for someone to be released on their own recognizance?
What is they are released without having to pay for bail?
What is the main component of first degree murder?
What is planning?
What landmark supreme court case established the concept of judicial review?
What is Marbury V Madison?
What was Knoller charged with in the case, People v. Knoller?
What is manslaughter?
What happens to the defendant if they lose a civil case?
What is they pay a fine or damages
In order to prosecute a criminal, lawyers must follow what? (hint - it is a burden)
What is the burden of proof?
You cannot be arrested for trespassing until the police do this:
What is officially warn you?