mock trial vocab

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Across
  1. 3. an official who can conduct hearings and decide on cases in a court of law
  2. 5. the presiding member of a jury who speaks or answers for the jury
  3. 6. evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument
  4. 8. dire meaning "to speak the truth," it is the name given to that part of the trial when the court and parties attempt to seat a fair and impartial jury
  5. 10. to prove that someone is guilty as a matter of law
  6. 11. the final statements by an attorney to jury, summarizing the evidence, and arguing what the evidence has or has not established
  7. 12. a person against whom a criminal charge or civil claim is brought in a court of law
  8. 14. a lawyers protest about the legal propriety of a question which has been asked of a witness by the opposing attorney, with the purpose of making the trial judge decide if the the question can be asked
  9. 15. the decision made by a jury at the end of a trial
  10. 16. an officer who is in charge of maintaining order in a court of law
  11. 19. a serious charge of criminal wrongdoing which must later be proved at trial beyond a reasonable doubt before a defendant may be convicted
  12. 20. the act of jurors talking to each other and coming to a decision on the charges or crimes of a trial
  13. 21. something that gives proof of a contested fact
  14. 22. just guessing about a particular situation
  15. 24. summary of nature of case and of anticipated proof presented by counsel to jury at the start of a trial
  16. 25. the name of the public officer who is appointed or elected in each judicial district, circuit, or county, to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state or people
Down
  1. 1. burden of proof in a trial
  2. 2. in trial practice, for a judge to disagree that an attorneys objection, as to question, is valid
  3. 4. a certain number of persons selected according to law and sworn in to inquire into matters of fact and declare the truth about matters of fact before them
  4. 7. having been convicted by a jury of having done something wrong
  5. 9. not important, pertinent to the matter at hand or to any issue before the court
  6. 13. in trial practice for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, as to a question, is valid
  7. 17. not guilty of a crime or fault
  8. 18. the burden of proof in a criminal case required to establish the guilt of a person charged with a crime
  9. 23. to give evidence under oath