CG4 JUDICIAL BRANCH

What have you learned about the Judicial branch?

What is true about appellate courts

• There is no jury

• You can retry cases

• They are meant for voting

• There is a jury

What does the Judicial Branch do?

• enforce laws

• interpret laws

• make laws

• deny laws

what is a civil dispute

• A dispute that involves heinous crimes

• A private dispute that doesn't usually involve a law being broken (on purpose)

• A dispute that involves a law being broken

• A dispute between to businesses

Someone is arrested for committing a crime

• civil dispute

• private dispute

• criminal dispute

• serious dispute

Who is able to offer a plea bargain?

• the defendant

• the jury

• the prosecution

• the judge

What is a dispute?

(a)  

One person sues another

• civil dispute

• criminal law

• civil law

• criminal dispute

In what situation can a bail be set?

• A bail is set for every crime

• when the crime is non-violent

• if the defendant pleads guilty

• can be set if the sentence is long

when is a case most likely to be dropped

• If the defendant doesn't show up

• If the defendant gets into other legal trouble.

• If multiple witnesses stand with the defendant

• If there isn't enough evidence