Across
- 1. A formal statementof guilt or innocence entered by the accused.
- 3. a complete defence for some crimes if the accused can show the victim freely consented to the act in question.
- 4. when a defendant may be acquitted if they can show they acted against their will under lawful pressure.
- 6. The defence whereby the defendant claims that their actions were a direct result of another person's action.
- 7. Beyond ________ doubt is the standard of proof required in law for the prosecution to show there is no doubt that the accused committed that offence.
- 9. The law system is which the judge plays the role in gathering the evidence.
- 10. mental incapacitation at the time of the act.
- 11. a subsided legal service provided by the state for low income earners (2 words.
- 12. Australia's criminal justice system is based on the ________ system.
- 13. A test used to determine whether a person is able to claim the defence of insanity.
Down
- 2. a judgement that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charged.
- 5. The judicial officers that preside of intermediate and superior courts.
- 6. public barristers who can appear for an accussed in serious criminal matters where legal aid has been granted (2 words).
- 8. The judicial officers that preside over hearings in the local court.
- 13. a type of defence that the defendant acted under an honest and reasonable _______ and could not of formed the mens rea.