Trial Terms -- Amanda Raleigh
Across
- 2. prosecuting attorney or a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- 4. the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
- 6. a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer or the writ by which the call is made.
- 7. reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
- 8. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
- 10. Thought out murder.
- 13. specific rights that any person who is taken into police custody is entitled to.
- 15. judicial deliverance from a criminal charge on a verdict or finding of not guilty.
- 17. an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- 18. a court order banning reporters, attorneys, and other parties involved in a case before a court of law from reporting on or publicly disclosing anything relating to the case.
- 20. a jury that cannot agree on a verdict.
- 21. the member of a jury selected to preside over and speak for all the jurors on the panel.
- 22. the finding or answer of a jury given to the court concerning a matter submitted to their judgment.
Down
- 1. the obligation to offer evidence that the court or jury could reasonably believe, in support of a contention, failing which the case will be lost.
- 3. the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- 5. physically attacking another person which results in serious bodily harm and/or is committed with a deadly or dangerous weapon such as a gun, knife, sword, ax or blunt instrument.
- 9. deals with the rights of accused criminals by providing for due process of law, forbidding double jeopardy, and stating that no person may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself.
- 11. to examine (a witness called by the opposing side), as for the purpose of discrediting the witness's testimony.
- 12. a person, company, etc., against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court
- 14. a formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes.
- 16. of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
- 19. the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.