Across
- 2. formally charge a person with a crime
- 4. the pleading that starts a case
- 6. Jury___________: guidance given to juries before deliberating on a case
- 8. a sworn statementa person makes outside of the court
- 11. part of jury selection where lawyers ask potential jurors questions. Latin for "speak the truth."
- 12. A challenge to a previous legal determination
- 13. Formal decision rendered by the court in the conclusion of a trial
- 14. ___________ challenge: one of limited number of special jury challenges given to each party before trial
Down
- 1. when a jury is unable to reach a verdict an dthere must be a new trial
- 3. an item or information proffered to make the existence of a fact probable
- 5. an adjudication of a criminal defendant's guilt
- 7. formal legal consequences associate with criminal conviction
- 9. being found not guilty of criminal charges
- 10. the standard that a party seeking to prove a fact in court must satisfy