Across
- 1. a court order to appear in court or turn over documents on a specified date and time
- 3. to question a witness or suspected criminal
- 4. a group of 16-23 people who hear preliminary evidence to decide if there is sufficient reason to formally charge a person with a crime
- 11. evidence that justifies an officer in stopping and questioning an individual believed to be involved in criminal activity; based on less evidence than probable cause but more than a mere hunch
- 13. sworn statement of facts and circumstances
- 14. release from prison before the full sentence has been served, granted at the discretion of a parole board
- 15. a grand jury’s formal charge or accusation of criminal action
Down
- 2. a reasonable belief, known personally or through reliable sources, that a specific person has committed a crime
- 5. in a criminal case, the negotiations between the prosecutor, defendant, and defendant’s attorney. in exchange for the defendant agreeing to plead guilty, the prosecutor agrees to charge the defendant with a less serious crime, which usually results in a lesser punishment
- 6. to take a person suspected of a crime into custody
- 7. money or property put up by the accused or his/her agent to allow release from jail before trial
- 8. a court session at which a defendant is charged and enters a plea
- 9. court-ordered document authorizing the police to arrest a person on a specific charge or search a specific area for specific evidence
- 10. the formal process of making a police record of an arrest
- 12. the formal accusation of a crime