Trial and Courtroom Procedures

A ______________ is an attorney who tries a criminal case

on behalf of the government. This is the individual who represents the interests of the victim.

• Lawyer

• Defendant

• Prosecutor

• Judge

The _________________ is the individual who has been accused of a crime. This individual is the one on trial.

• lawyer

• victim

• criminal

• defendant

The decision to find the defendant guilty or not guilty is called the _____________. Often, you will hear the judge ask the jury "have you reached a ________?"

• decision

• answer

• verdict

• plea

The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime is known as a __________________. Usually, this is a number of years an individual will spend in jail or on probation.

• time period

• sentence

• imprisonment

• verdict

When the one attorney questions a witness who was called by the attorney for the other side, this is known as ________________________________.

• cross examination

• follow up questions

• rebuttal

• testimony

A person who is permitted to testify at a trial because of special knowledge or expertise in a particular field that is relevant to the case is called ....

• An excellent witness

• An expert witness

• An educated witness

• A witness

When an attorney objects to something (evidence or a line of questioning) in court, the judge may reject the objection, allowing the evidence or questioning to continue, by saying __________________________.

• overruled

• sustained

• continue

• approved

If an attorney objects to something in court (evidence or a line of questioning), the judge may agree with the objection, stopping the evidence or questioning, by saying __________________________.

• Overruled

• Sustained

• Stop

• I agree

A _______________________ is any agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant where the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge in return for something from the prosecutor (ex: plead guilty in exchange for reduced jail time).

• compromise

• negotiation

• plea deal

• guilty plea

When you are conducting the examination of your own witness, it is called ___________. 

• direct examination 
• cross examination