AG - OSC Activity - State of Ohio v. Antwaun Smith Vocabulary

A legal rule or decision that tends to resolve issues, especially ambiguities, in a straightforward manner

• Ohio Revised Code
• Trial Court
• Bright-Line Rule
• Reverse

Any object capable of holding another object. In making an arrest, the police may generally search a person, the immediate area, and closed containers in the individual's possession.

• Personal Effects
• Motion to Continue
• Defendant
• Closed Container

A situation in which a police officer must take immediate action to effectively make an arrest, search or seizure for which probable cause exists. No warrant is required.

• Exigent Circumstance
• Motion to Continue
• Special Circumstance
• Emergency Circumstance

An erroneous ruling by a judge at trial that is not serious enough to affect the outcome of the case. Harmless Error does NOT require reversal.

• Prejudicial Error
• Reply Brief
• Prosecutor
• Harmless Error

A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence.

• Appellant
• Supreme Court
• Defendant
• Search Warrant

An individual or group being sued or charged with a crime

• Defendant
• Plaintiff
• Appellant
• Appellee

A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

• Praecipe
• Plaintiff
• Reply Brief
• Affirm

The state or federal government attorney in a criminal case.

• Transcript
• Prosecutor
• Praecipe
• Remand

The party who takes an appeal from one court to another.

• Remand
• Appellee
• Defendant
• Appellant

The party opposing an appeal from a lower court to an appellate court.

• Appellant
• Appellee
• Praecipe
• Reverse