People and their Roles
The group of people sitting on the side of the courtroom listening to both sides present their arguments.
What is the jury?
When Vinny was taken to jail for not following the judge's rules, he was charged with this.
Evidence is used in court to do this.
What is prove what happened.
What is testify (tell what they know)?
Even though he formed a good defense in the end, the boys were initially nervous about Vinny defending them because of these things.
He was not a criminal defense attorney, he took the bar 6 times, he had no trial experience, the charges were serious.
What is prove the boys are guilty.
What is, being late to court, using inappropriate language, disrespecting the judge, not wearing appropriate court attire, not standing when addressing the judge etc.
The _________ had a lot of evidence at the start of the trial; this means their case appeared to be _________.
Who is the prosecutor; what is strong.
Vinny asked the witness about how long it takes him to cook grits and asked the other witness how many fingers he was holding up to _____________.
Discredit the witnesses.
These are two legal rights the boys could have exercised at the beginning of the movie when the police started talking to them.
The two boys accused of committing a crime.
Who are the defendants?
This happened at the beginning of the movie because of miscommunication with the Sherriff and makes the boys look guilty.
What is a confession.
Who called witnesses during the trial?
Both sides; Vinny and the prosecutor.
The boys were charged with this; these are ______ (the kind of charge).
What is murder and accessory to murder; felonies.
Judge Chamberlain keeps holding Vinny in contempt of court because his job is to...
Maintain order in the courtroom.
This means that the prosecutor (Commonwealth's Attorney) must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty.
What is the burden of proof.
This was evidence the prosecutor used to try to prove the boys were guilty.
What is their car/tires and the tire tracks.
If witnesses don't tell the truth when they testify, this could happen.
What is being charged with perjury.
This is the decision made at the end of a trial by either the judge or jury.
What is the verdict?
Vinny is the _______ attorney, and his role is to __________.
Who is the defense attorney; get the best possible outcome for the boys.
The case was resolved by dismissal, meaning that...
The state is not moving forward with prosecuting the charges.
At the end of the movie, Vinny calls the Sherriff back to the stand due having found weapon on a different set of suspects. This is an example of _________.
Evidence that the defendants did not commit the crime.
Even though Mona Lisa did not witness the crime, she was called as a witness because of _________.
This is the process where the defendants and defense attorney find out about the prosecutor's case against them so that they can build a strong a defense. This meant that Vinny did not have to go hunting with the prosecutor.
What is Discovery.