Mock Trial Vocab
Across
- 5. an act committed or ommitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanfing it and for which punishment is imposed upon finding of guilt
- 6. to weigh, discuss, and consider
- 7. the accused in a criminal case
- 8. the examination of a witness by the party opposed to the one who produced him/her
- 11. real, tangible, or clear evidence of a fact, happening, or thing
- 12. a duty placed upon a civil or criminal defendant to prove or disprove a disputed fact
- 13. the attornye representing the accused in a criminal case
Down
- 1. evidence allowed by court to be admitted at trial
- 2. evidence in a trial which is not obtained directly from an eyewitness or participant and requires some reasoning to prove a fact
- 3. standard that must be met by the prosecution's evidence in a criminal case
- 4. a person who has been qualified by a state or federal court to provide legal services, including appearing in court
- 9. the specific crime a defendant is accused of committing
- 10. whether testimony is worthy of belief, based on competence of the witness and likelihood that it's true