Legal Jargon Crossword Puzzle

6. A written or printed statement made under oath.
9. ____________-degree murder is the most serious homicide crime and is always premeditated and carried out with intent.
11. A proceeding in which a criminal defendant is brought into court, told of the charges in an indictment or information, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
12. Pointing indirectly toward someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it.
14. When a person who has been convicted of a crime is officially cleared after new evidence of innocence becomes available.

1. A command, issued under a court's authority, to a witness to appear and give testimony.
2. A lawyer who conducts the case against a defendant in a criminal court.
3. The legal process of resolving a dispute or deciding a case.
4. Evidence presented by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. With some exceptions, hearsay generally is not admissible as evidence at trial.
5. An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error. When this is declared, the trial must start again with the selection of a new jury.
7. _____________-degree murder is the lowest level of criminal homicide with no intent to kill and no premeditation.
8. In a civil case, the person or organization against whom the plaintiff brings suit; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
10. To support with evidence or authority: strengthen or make more certain.
13. _______________-degree murder is carried out with intent but with no premeditation.