Legal Lingo
Pro Se
What is when Defendant wishes to proceed without an attorney?
ADA
Who is Assistant District Attorney?
What is the main function of a District Attorney's Office?
What is to prosecute crime?
How much time do The People have to be ready for trial on a felony charge?
Meredith Grey is caught drinking and driving in a traffic stop. He has no priors and there was no accident. What violation would this DWI typically be pled down to?
What is DWAI- Driving While Ability Impaired?
When is the first time Defendant is officially made aware of the charges that are brought against them?
What is arraignment?
ROR
What is Release on Recognizance?
What is the name of the Rockland County District Attorney?
Who is Thomas E. Walsh II?
How much time do the People have to be ready for trial on an A Misdemeanor?
When is 90 days?
Harvey places a powerful bomb under the pilot's seat of Donna's light aircraft. He knows that Donna will be piloting it from London to Oslo and the bomb is set to explode when she reaches 'cruising altitude' over the North Sea. Harvey stands to inherit a fortune on Donna's death. Harvey is aware that the type of detonator used in the bomb is notoriously unreliable. On this occasion it works as planned and Donna dies. Which statement most accurately reflects Harvey's criminal liability?
A. Harvey is criminally liable for Donna's murder because a reasonable person would foresee that her death was a virtually certain.
B. Harvey is criminally liable for Donna's murder because it was his aim and purpose to kill her.
C. Harvey is not criminally liable for Donna's murder because his primary aim was to inherit a large sum of money.
D. Harvey is not criminally liable for Donna's murder because the detonator was unreliable and he could not be certain that it would work.
What is B?
What is the term used to bring individuals in to testify in court?
What is subpeona?
COC
What is Certificate of Compliance?
Name three Assistant District Attorney's in the office.
Who is ______?
How much time do the People have to be ready for trial on an B Misdemeanor?
Chandler went to Target and took $1,456 worth of merchandise and passed all points of exit in the store without paying. What can he be charged with? (Extra 100 points if you can name the correct degree of charge)
What is Grand Larceny - 4th degree?
What are the two types of Orders of Protection
What is Full Stay Away and Non Stay Away (Refrain From)?
ACD
What is Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal?
What is the name of the jury that meets in our Office?
What is Grand Jury?
How much time do the People have to be ready for trial on an violation?
John Nolan was stopped at a traffic stop and found to be in possession of 400 milligrams of crack cocaine. Name the charge!
100 extra points if you can name the degree of the charge!
What is Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance (7th degree)?
What are the two types of warrants that can be issued against a Defendant?
What is Bench Warrant and Arrest Warrant?
ARR WRNR PNG
What is Arraigned, Waived Reading Not Rights Thereunder, Pled Not Guilty?
Name 8 Village and Town Courts that exist within Rockland County's jurisdiction?
Where is Clarkstown, Ramapo, Suffern, Orangetown, Spring Valley, Haverstraw, Airmont, Piermont, Stony Point, Sloatsburg, Chestnut Ridge, New Square, Grandview, Hillburn, New Hempstead, Nyack, Montebello?
What does 180.80 refer to?
Refers to the section of the Criminal Procedure Law that deals with the release of a defendant from custody when a felony complaint has not been timely resolved. It mandates that a defendant held on a felony complaint must be released from custody if the prosecution fails to obtain an indictment or commence a felony hearing within a specified timeframe. This provision aims to prevent defendants from being held in jail indefinitely without a formal determination of probable cause for the charges.
Jane violated a valid Order of Protection and attempted to attack her boyfriend Jesse causing reasonable fear of physical injury.
What is Criminal Contempt- 1st degree?