COURTS AND JUDGES
Question: What is the highest court in the United States?
Answer: What is the Supreme Court?
Question: Which amendment protects freedom of speech?
Answer: What is the First Amendment?
Question: What is a serious crime usually punishable by more than one year in prison called?
Answer: What is a felony?
A legal wrong against another person is called this.
What is a tort?
This court handles cases involving minors.
What is juvenile court?
Question: Who presides over a courtroom and interprets the law?
Answer: Who is a judge?
Question: Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
Answer: What is the Fourth Amendment?
Question: What is the formal accusation that starts a criminal case?
What is a charge or indictment?
The person bringing a lawsuit is called this.
Who is the plaintiff?
This Supreme Court case gave juveniles the right to due process.
What is In re Gault?
Question: What type of court handles cases involving federal laws
Answer: What is a federal court?
Question: Which amendment gives the right to remain silent?
Answer: What is the Fifth Amendment?
Question: What is it called when a defendant agrees to plead guilty for a lesser punishment?
Answer: What is plea bargaining?
The person accused in a lawsuit is called this.
Who is the defendant?
his case ended the juvenile death penalty.
What is Roper v. Simmons?
Question: What is the term for a group of citizens who decide the facts of a case?
Answer: What is a jury?
Question: Which amendment guarantees the right to an attorney
Answer: What is the Sixth Amendment?
Question: What is the burden of proof in a criminal case?
Answer: What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
: Money awarded in a lawsuit is called this.
What are damages?
A juvenile offender is often called this.
What is a delinquent?
Question: What document gives the judicial branch its powers?
Answer: What is the Constitution?
Question: What Supreme Court case created the Miranda warning requirement?
Answer: What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Question: What is the term for someone accused of a crime?
Answer: Who is the defendant?
Money awarded in a lawsuit is called this.
What are damages?
This hearing determines whether a juvenile committed the offense.
What is an adjudication hearing?