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- 3. When a person is charged with a crime, they must answer to that charge in court during an arraignment.
- 4. A subpoena is a court order that requires a person to appear before a court, and testify, or produce specified evidence.
- 5. An application to the court made by the prosecutor or defense attorney, requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins.
- 9. The trial is a structured process where the facts of a case are presented to a jury, and they decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the charge offered.
- 10. An individual (or business) against whom a lawsuit is filed.
- 12. A group of people empowered to make findings of fact and render a verdict for trial.
- 14. Evidence or arguments introduced to counter, disprove, or contradict the opposing party's evidence or argument, either at trial or in a reply brief.
- 15. The amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until their trial.
- 16. An appeal is not another trial but an opportunity for the defendant to try to raise specific errors that might have occurred at trial.
- 17. A diversion is an alternative procedure in a criminal case where the prosecution is interrupted through a deal between the defendant and the prosecutor where the prosecutor either dismisses the charges completely or does not bring any charges to begin with.
- 18. Bond hearings happen at the beginning of a criminal case and determine whether a person can be released pre-trial.
- 19. The process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.
- 21. A hearing prior to the trial, which all parties involved in the trial attempt to determine the issues, laws, or facts matter, before the court trial.
- 23. An adjudication of a criminal defendants guilt.
- 25. A charge is a formal accusation of criminal activity.
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- 1. The pleading that starts a case.
- 2. In law, the venue is the location where a case is heard.
- 6. A gathering together of facts in a situation which will be tried in a court of law.
- 7. Punishment for a crime that is court ordered.
- 8. The use of legal authority to deprive a person of their freedom of movement.
- 11. The first step in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is brought in front of the court to hear the charges against them and enter a plea.
- 13. To consider the facts, the laws and/or other matters, particularly by members of a jury, a panel of judges or by any group including a legislature
- 20. A group of people selected to sit on a jury that decide whether the prosecutor's evidence provides probable cause to issue an indictment.
- 22. How you gather the evidence you will need to prove your case as a plaintiff, or defeat the plaintiff's case as a defendant.
- 24. The formal decision or judgement rendered by a court at the conclusion of a trial or legal proceeding.