Trial by Jury Basics - 12 AM

Cases that involve damage to someone's property

• Criminal Court

• Civil Court

• Family Court

• Appeals Court

What does the Prosecutor do?

• Nothing

• A lawyer who conducts the case against the defendant.

• A lawyer who conducts the jury.

• The prosecutor just argues.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the defendant?

• Someone random from the streets.

• A person who is accusing someone else of a crime.

• An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.

• The person who judges the case.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is a criminal case?

• A court proceeding in which a person who is charged with having committed or omitted an act against the community or state is brought to trial and either found not guilty or guilty and sentenced.

• A case in which a 'criminal' is brought to justice.

• A court proceeding in which a person can sue another person.

• A criminal case is a case that is criminal.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is it called when a jury cannot make a unanimous (all agree) decision?

• Bad trial
• Undecided Jury
• Hung Jury
• Divided Jury

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who is selected before the trial by the Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, and Judge?

• Victim
• Police Officer
• Bailiff
• Jury

The person against whom a criminal complaint or indictment is filed: the “accused"

• Prosecutor

• Defendant

• Expert witness

• Lay Witness

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

An attorney whose official duty is to conduct criminal proceedings on behalf of the state or the people against those accused of having committed criminal offenses.

• Bailiff

• Expert Witness

• Defense Attorney

• Prosecutor

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A standard of proof used in criminal trials which the jury must be believe beyond.

• Civil Law

• Dual Court System

• Reasonable Doubt

• Common Good

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.

• An alibi

• A bias

• A convict

• A circumstance

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6