The fifth amendment has five protections for citizens if they are arrested. What are they called?
Rights of the accused
Right to lawyer (even if you can’t afford one).
& A speedy and public trial.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
What police need in order to arrest someone.
What is probable cause?
Why plaintiffs in civil cases file their complaint.
What is settle a disagreement / get compensation / recovery of damages / defendant to pay them, etc.?
Highest appeals court, both state and federal.
What is a Supreme Court?
Supreme Court case that established rule that cops must make you aware of your rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
No cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
The plaintiff in criminal cases.
What is the government (state or federal)?
The plaintiff in civil cases.
What is an individual / citizen / etc.?
Appellate courts don't use these groups.
What is a jury?
The fifth amendment includes the right to a fair trial that includes a _____________ .
What is a jury?
Right to a trial by jury.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
What is a lawyer / attorney?
Plaintiffs in criminal cases are trying to find defendants guilty of this.
What is breaking a law?
Why cases get appealed.
Either party is unhappy with original court's decision.
Government can't take your property for its own use w/out giving you enough $.
What is just compensation?
Protection against arbitrary search & seizure.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
***This is when a judge reviews probable cause, the defendant is given a lawyer if they don't have one yet, and the defendant enters their plea.
What is an arraignment?
***The term for when a person is formally charged with a felony at their preliminary hearing. Answer is not "being found guilty".
What is indict?
The goal of an appellate case.
You can't be charged for the same crime twice or prove yourself guilty. What are these two protections?
What is double jeopardy and self-incrimination?
Applied due process to state and local governments.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
***This is an extra step in felony cases that misdemeanor cases don't have. Probable cause is reviewed and a grand jury decides if there is enough evidence to indict the accused.
What is a preliminary hearing?
The jury’s final opinion about whether defendant is guilty or not.
What is the verdict?
Above the general district court, state court systems have this extra appeals court that the federal system does not.
What is the circuit courts?