Review: Chapter 13.1 & 13.2 Trials

The Judicial Branch’s main responsibility:

• Execute Law
• Create Law
• Enforce Law
• Interpret and Apply the Law

The person who is being accused of a crime is also known as the:

• Defendant
• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Jury

Attorney who represents the government in a criminal case

• Defendant
• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Jury

Hears evidence and determines verdict of guilty or not guilty in a criminal case

• Judge
• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Jury

Attorney who works for the state and defends people who may not be able to afford and attorney

• Attorneys
• Public Defenders
• Prosecutors
• Legal Advisors

The authority to rule an act or law unconstitutional:

• judicial review
• writ of certiorari
• habeas corpus
• amicus curiae

Decides whether there is enough evidence to bring formal charges and have a trial

• trial jury
• de facto jury
• grand jury
• micro jury

Which of the following is most likely to have a jury?

• Traffic Court
• Court of Common Pleas
• Municipal Court
• Appeals Court

Which of the following are true for both criminal AND civil trials? (check ALL that are true for both)

• they have a judge
• they have a jury
• they have a defendant
• they have a prosecutor
• both sides can call witnesses and show evidence in court

Hears cases where one person or group thinks another person or group should pay for causing harm

• criminal trial court
• civil trial court
• appeals court
• Supreme Court