Across
- 4. when a jury is unable to reach a verdict and there must be a new trial with a new jury
- 6. a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
- 8. a person whose occupation is to capture the live testimony in proceedings using a stenographic machine or a stenomask
- 11. a statement of what the evidence will show; it is not an argument
- 14. a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action
- 15. an official appointed or sworn to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation
- 16. a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense
- 17. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
- 18. a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
- 20. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court
- 21. records and keeps records pertaining to the county courts, county courts at law, real and personal property, and personal records
- 23. a judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charged
- 25. In court, it refers to a process of determining whether a juror can serve fairly and impartially in a given case by asking the juror various questions
- 26. the punishment given to a person convicted of a crime
- 27. he objection is approved and the question cannot be asked or answered
- 29. A grand jury focuses on preliminary criminal matters only and assesses evidence presented by a prosecutor to determine whether there is “probable cause” to believe an individual committed a crime and should be put on trial
- 30. a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor
- 31. a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Down
- 1. the attorney representing the defendant in a law suit or criminal prosecution.
- 2. the formal interrogation of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony already given
- 3. a civilian officer who administers the law
- 4. the method used to speak to the judge about a matter in your case
- 5. formal protest to evidence, argument, or questions that are in violation of the rules of evidence or other procedural law
- 7. an official appointed or sworn to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on parole
- 9. when a judge rules against an objection made in court
- 10. a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- 12. a government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution
- 13. an official in a court of law who keeps order or looks after prisoners
- 17. the questioning of a witness by the party that has called that witness to give evidence, in order to support the case that is being made
- 19. Collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, and other fees that benefit more than 20 agencies at the state and local levels
- 22. the opportunity for each party to remind jurors about key evidence presented and to persuade them to adopt an interpretation favorable to their position
- 24. to manage, direct, supervise, coordinate and plan the operations of courts and to assist the judiciary in making certain decisions, except those judicial decisions required by law to be made by judges
- 28. the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions