vocabulary Quiz 2-15-19

to question a witness or suspected criminal.

• arrest

• deterrence

• Interrogate

• question

giving evidence and answering questions that would tend to subject one to criminal prosecution.

• criminal suspect

• self incrimination

• preliminary trial

• motion to suppress

trial that takes place before a judge without a jury.

• pre- trial

• jury trial

• juvenile trial

• bench trial

the finding that a person is guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.

• verdict

• conviction

• acquittal

• dismissal

an order or judgement finally disposing of an action, suit, motion, without a trial.

• Acquittal

• dismissal

• mistrial

• verdict

legal and formal certification of innocence of a person who has been charged with a crime.

• acquittal

• dismissal

• mistrial

• verdict

at this hearing the judge decides what sentence the juvenile offender should receive.

• pre-trial hearing

• dispositional hearing

• preliminary hearing

• motions hearing

judicial proceeding used to determine the propriety of detaining a person on bail or a juvenile in a shelter facility.

• pre-trial hearing

• dispositional hearing

• preliminary hearing

• detention hearing

a system of supervised freedoms, usually by officer of court for persons convicted of a criminal offense,

• jail

• Probation

• county jail

• Release

Adjudicatory Hearing the procedure/hearing used to determine the facts in a juvenile case.

• preliminary hearing

• pre trial hearing

• probation hearing

• adjudicatory hearing