Across
- 2. _________ Law are laws that developed through court decisions rather than statutes; judge-made law.
- 5. A written body of rules of conduct applicable to all members of a defined community, society, or culture that emanate from a governing authority
- 6. The union of intent and act in criminal law.
- 8. Unlawful entry accompanied by the present intent to commit another crime once inside
- 9. A substitute for an indictment, filed directly with the court by the prosecutor, thus bypassing the grand jury.
- 12. One of the two key roles of the criminal courts; to process defendants who have been arrested by the police and formally charged with criminal offenses.
- 14. The cause, or reason why an act is committed
- 15. Is a killing that occurs (1) purposefully, (2) knowingly, or (3) recklessly under circumstances exhibiting extreme indifference to human life.
Down
- 1. A broad, all-inclusive term for any killing of another human being.
- 3. The first known written legal code. Dating back to 2076 BC. Code of ______________
- 4. Occurs when a jury votes unanimously that the defendant has not been proven guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt,” which is the burden of proof in a criminal case.
- 6. The legal principle that the criminal act is the act that is the cause of the harm.
- 7. A document that creates a government.
- 10. A document formally charging the defendant with a crime handed down by a grand jury after hearing the evidence presented by the prosecutor
- 11. When the defendant asserts he or she is not the person who committed the act charged
- 13. Decisions of another court or judge that the judge trying a case will rely on as justification in forming his or her decision.