Courts Vocabulary

Supreme Court case that set up judicial review

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• US v. Smith

Guarantees fair treatment by government

• Jury

• Jurisdiction

• Judicial Review

• Due Process

Someone convicted of a crime is

• Guilty

• Not Guilty

Someone acquitted of a crime is

• Guilty

• Not Guilty

A person who sues another is called the

• proswcution

• defendant

• plaintiff

• appeal

If a trial was unfair, you have the right to appeal to a higher court

• True

• False

Guarantees due process from state and local governments

• 5th Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

Compensation is usually a result of a

• civil trial

• criminal trial

When a defendant claims innocence or guilt

• defense

• liable

• bail

• plea

A serious crime that often involves violence

• felony

• misdemeanor

• judicial review

• bail