Law final 2

Interrogation

• when your testimony will incriminate yourself

• questioning of a suspect or witness by law enforcement authorities.

• the process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.

• the first step in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is brought in front of the court to hear the charges against them and enter a plea.

self incrimination

• when your testimony will incriminate yourself

• the amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until their trial.

• agreements between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors.

• the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.

Miranda vs Arizona

• the process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.

• A plea by a criminal defendant that they will not contest a charge.

• the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.

• One of the last steps a prosecutor takes before trial is to respond to or file motions.

Booking

• the process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.

• a court's decision to allow a person charged with a crime to remain at liberty pending the trial, without having to post bail.

• agreements between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors.

• questioning of a suspect or witness by law enforcement authorities.

Bail

• a court's decision to allow a person charged with a crime to remain at liberty pending the trial, without having to post bail.

• when your testimony will incriminate yourself

• the process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.

• the amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until their trial.

Arraignment

• the process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.

• the first step in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is brought in front of the court to hear the charges against them and enter a plea.

• One of the last steps a prosecutor takes before trial is to respond to or file motions.

• questioning of a suspect or witness by law enforcement authorities.

ROR(release on your own recognizance)

• a court's decision to allow a person charged with a crime to remain at liberty pending the trial, without having to post bail.

• when your testimony will incriminate yourself

• the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.

• the amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until their trial.

Plea negotiations

• the police officers have the right to conduct a continuous pursuit beyond their own jurisdiction in order to apprehend a suspect.

• agreements between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors.

• the process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.

• the use of legal authority to detain a person of their freedom of movement.

Pre-trial motion

• One of the last steps a prosecutor takes before trial is to respond to or file motions.

• A plea by a criminal defendant that they will not contest a charge.

• searches that are made by law enforcement agents based on consent of the person whose property they wish to search.

• the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.

No contest

• when your testimony will incriminate yourself

• questioning of a suspect or witness by law enforcement authorities.

• A plea by a criminal defendant that they will not contest a charge.