- CORRECT ANSWER: 90

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Acquitted (or acquittal) - CORRECT ANSWER: found NOT GUILTY (by Judge or Jury)

Admission to Bail - CORRECT ANSWER: the order that the defendant be out of custody and given bail

Alibi - CORRECT ANSWER: an excuse that shows someone was not at a crime scene

Approximately how many appellate justices (judges who preside over Appeals Courts)?

- CORRECT ANSWER: 90

arraignment - CORRECT ANSWER: formal statement of charges, advisement of rights, and taking a plea)

Bail - CORRECT ANSWER: A defendant may be allowed bail after a criminal charge

has been filed against him/her, as a matter of right, UNLESS the charge is punishable by death and the presumption of guilt is evident. However, the court has the discretion to set bail.

bailiff - CORRECT ANSWER: deputy sheriff who (during a trial) stands in the middle between the judge (on "the bench") and the audience

Beyond a reasonable doubt (in a criminal trial) - CORRECT ANSWER: If after hearing all of the evidence, there is a reasonable doubt whether the defendant committed a crime, the defendant must be acquitted (NOT GUILTY).

If there is no reasonable doubt, the prosecutor has met his/her burden of proof and the verdict must be that the defendant is GUILTY.

burden of proof - CORRECT ANSWER: In all criminal trials, a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the prosecutor proves guilt BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (to the Judge in a Court Trial or the Jury in a Jury Trial)

Circumstantial evidence - CORRECT ANSWER: all other evidence other than that of an eye witness

civil case - CORRECT ANSWER: when one citizen sues another citizen

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confession - CORRECT ANSWER: a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime

Corpus Delicti - CORRECT ANSWER: the substantial and fundamental facts necessary to the commission of a crime

deadlocked or "hung" jury - CORRECT ANSWER: a jury that does not agree (all 12 need to agree in a criminal trial, and 3/4 need to agree for a civil trial)

Defendant (in a civil case) - CORRECT ANSWER: Person being sued

Defendant (in criminal case) - CORRECT ANSWER: A person charged with a criminal

offense

Deposit in lieu of bail - CORRECT ANSWER: The defendant may have to deposit

money in order to get bail

Describe the federal court system levels as described by the US Constitution. -

CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Trial courts - known as US District Courts

• Intermediate appellate courts - known as US Circuit Court of Appeals
• Highest appellate courts - know as US Supreme Court

Direct Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER: testimony of an eye witness

Do all states have the same type of court systems? - CORRECT ANSWER: No; each

state has its own court system that operates independently of the other states' court systems

Does the Court of Appeal conduct trials? - CORRECT ANSWER: No, only Superior

Court can have a trial

Expert Opinion - CORRECT ANSWER: a witness is not allowed to give an OPINION on

anything unless they have been proven as an Expert Witness because of their education and experience

Felony? - CORRECT ANSWER: A felony is a crime punishable by incarceration in the State prison for one year or longer, and is prosecuted in the Supreme Court by way of a Grand Jury, or by an "information" filed by the District Attorney

(examples: murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, grand theft, forgery, arson, rape, and sale of narcotics)

Habeas Corpus - CORRECT ANSWER: principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime

hearsay - CORRECT ANSWER: rumor; gossip

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