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14 Cards in this Set
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Arraignment
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oral reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant to inform the defendant of the charges against him or her
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Preliminary Hearing
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a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial
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Purpose and work of Grand Jury
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legal body that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought, they are made up of ordinary citizens with no prior experience in the law and no special training, and they usually follow the lead of the prosecutor that is assigned to them
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Plea Bargaining
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process whereby a criminal defendant and prosecutor reach a mutually satisfactory disposition of a criminal case, subject to court approval
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Pretrial Motions
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arguments that certain evidence should be kept out of the trial, that certain persons must or cannot testify, or that the case should be dismissed altogether done before the trial but after the preliminary hearing
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Voir Dire
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a variety of procedures connected with jury trials which originally referred to an oath taken by jurors to tell the truth
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Motion to surpress
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a formal, written request to a judge for an order that certain evidence be excluded from consideration by the judge or jury at trial
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Rebuttal
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evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument
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Change of Venue
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the legal term for moving a trial to a new location in high-profile matters, a change of venue may occur to move a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about a crime and/or its defendant
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Closing arguments of trial
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concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments for the trier of fact, often the jury, in a court, done after the presentation of evidence
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Sentencing
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a decree of punishment, in law, a sentence forms the final explicit act of a judge-ruled process, and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function
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Cross examination and rebuttal
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cross-examination is limited to questions concerning matters brought up in direct examination, and rebuttal is when the plaintiff may call witnesses to respond to testimony given in the defendant's case
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Who can go to Judge's chambers
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judges, attorneys and their clients, also to hear an expedited case, takes the pressure away from public court
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mistrial
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a trial rendered invalid through an error in the proceedings
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