Legal Jargon

2. Evidence presented by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.
8. occurs when a person who has been convicted of a crime is officially cleared after new evidence of innocence becomes available
10. to support with evidence or authority; strengthen or make more certain
11. pointing indirectly toward someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it
12. an invalid trial, caused by fundamental error; when this happens, the trial must start again with the selection of a new jury

1. a proceeding in which a criminal defendant is brought into court, told of the charges in an incictment or information, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty
3. refers to the legal process of resolving a dispute or deciding a case
4. of murder Most serious to lowest level: First-degree, second-degree, third-degree
5. a written or printed statement made under oath
6. In a civil case, the person or organization against whom the plaintiff brings suit; in a criminal case, the person accused of a crime
7. a command, issued under a court's authority, to a witness to appear and give testimony
9. lawyer who conducts the case against a defendant in a criminal court