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Vocabulary
Booking/Initial Appearance
Preliminary Hearing
Grand Jury
Pretrial Motions/Plea Bargaining
100
The formal process of making a police record of the arrest
What is booking
100
Where booking normal occurs
What is at the police station
100
True or false-the preliminary hearing functions as a mini-trial
What is true
100
The number of people that typically serve on a grand jury
What is 16-23
100
The purpose of filing pretrial motions
What is to make a formal request to the court to make a ruling or take an action
200
An amount of money put up by the defendant to be released from jail pending trial
What is bail
200
Types of things the accused must provide during booking
What is personal information, fingerprints, photograph (mug shot), any personal property on them at the time
200
The similarities between a preliminary hearing and a trial
What is presentation of witnesses, cross-examining witnesses, presenting favorable witnesses
200
The purpose of the grand jury
What is to determine whether there is sufficient cause to believe that a person committed a crime and should be made to stand trial
200
Pretrial motion to be filed if defendant wants to change the location of the trial
What is a motion for change of venue
300
A formal charge of criminal action filed by either the grand jury or the prosecutor in a felony case
What is the indictment
300
The court proceeding in which a defendant first appears in front of a judge after being arrested
What is the initial appearance
300
The standard a prosecutor has to prove at a preliminary hearing
What is that a crime was probably committed and that the defendant probably did it
300
The document that is filed if the grand jury thinks there is enough evidence to charge the defendant with a crime
What is the indictment
300
True or false-the exclusionary rule states that any evidence that is illegally obtained will not be able to be used at trial
What is true
400
Plea in which the defendant does not plead guilty but does also not contest the charges against him
What is nolo contendere
400
A defendant has a right to have an initial appearance how long after their arrest
What is within 24 hours
400
True or false-preliminary hearings are used in both felony and misdemeanor cases
What is false-they are used in felony cases only
400
True or false-the grand jury determines what sentence would be appropriate for the defendant
What is false-it only determines whether there is enough evidence for the defendant to be charged and go to trial
400
The negotiation process where certain concessions are granted to a defendant in exchange for a guilty plea
What is plea bargaining
500
An alternative to bail in which a judge releases someone from jail with certain conditions
What is personal recognizance
500
True or false-During the initial appearance, the judge only has the option of granting bail or keeping the defendant in jail
What is false-the judge can grant bail, release on personal recognizance, or keep in jail
500
True or false-at a preliminary hearing, the prosecutor is permitted to introduce each piece of evidence and empanel a jury
What is false-neither of things can happen at a preliminary hearing
500
True or false-the grand jury considers both felony and misdemeanor cases
What is false-only felony cases
500
True or false-the judge must agree with the plea before the defendant can accept it
What is false-the judge only has to make sure the plea was entered into freely and voluntarily