The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is a statement of the rights of the People, included in this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This is the maximum number of times an individual may be put in jeopardy of "life or limb."
What is once?
This has the same meaning as "Jeopardy."
What is "trouble"?
What is "not guilty?"
This group of people enacts, amends, and repeals laws which apply to all Americans.
What is the Federal Legislature? (Or, Congress.)
The Bill of Rights includes this many Amendments.
What is ten?
These are the times during which no Grand Jury is necessary, for cases involving the military.
What are Times of War or public danger.
This sort of court proceeding is triggered by the defendant and only concerns law - not the facts of what occurred. It does not violate the double jeopardy clause.
What is an appeal?
The Government argued that the juror's statements were not final, because the jury could do this after the conversation with the judge.
What is reconsider?
The Government may prohibit vulgar and lewd speech in this building, without necessarily violating the 1st Amendment.
What is a public school?
The Bill of Rights was written to encourage some of these independent governments to join the United States.
What are British colonies?
The Fifth Amendment enumerates the rights of the accused, but it may be more fairly characterized as a protection of this group.
Who is everybody?
In most criminal trials, this person delivers a "finding" of guilty or not guilty to a judge
What is a juror? (OR - What is the foreperson?)
The Supreme Court justices who disagreed, or dissented, argued that Arkansas requires juries to acquit on this sort of charge before considering the rest.
What are "greater" charges?
This sort of court considers questions of law, NOT questions of fact.
What is an appellate court?
The Bill of Rights is a series of changes, otherwise known as these, to the Supreme Law of our nation.
What are Amendments?
This is the group of Citizens which must agree to bring charges of an "infamous" crime against another Citizen.
What is a Grand Jury?
This outcome of a trial which would trigger a permissible retrial, seemingly placing an individual in "jeopardy" again.
What is a mistrial?
Blueford argued that the jury had decided this as to the first - degree murder charge.
What is "not guilty"?
The 6th Amendment guarantees defendants the rights to this sort of trial, so they can be free from delay.
What is speedy?
The Bill of Rights includes the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states the rights of this group of people.
Who are the accused?
If the Government desires to take property from a person, it may do so for just compensation, provided the property is taken for this.
What is public use?
This is the lawyer attempting to convict a defendant, or send him to jail.
Who is the prosecutor?
The Supreme Court determined that the retrials for capital and first - degree murder were this.
What is legal? (Permissible, Constitutional, Valid, etc.)
This is the level of evidence the Government generally needs in order to search your purse.
What is reasonable suspicion?