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15 Cards in this Set
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Preliminary Hearing |
After arraignment, pretrial motions are heard and ruled on by the judge |
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Grand Jury |
Separate legal entity empowered to hear evidence and decide if suspect should be charged |
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Indictment |
Formal charge or accusation of a crime, usually brought by grand jury or district attorney |
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Hearsay |
Report of another person's words by a witness, usually disallowed as evidence |
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modus operandi |
Characteristic or a particular way of doing something, usually well-established |
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Motive |
Reason for doing something |
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Perpetrator |
Person who commits in a legal, criminal, or evil act |
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Medical Examiner |
Medically qualified officer whose duty is to investigate deaths and injuries that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances |
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in situ |
In its original place |
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Chain of Custody |
Chronological documentation showing seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of evidence |
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ALS |
Alternate light source; produces visible and invisible light at various wavelengths to enhance or visualize potential items of evidence (fluids, fingerprints, clothing, fibers, etc.) |
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Minutiae |
The individuality of a fingerprint's ridge characteristics |
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Anthropometry |
Scientific study of measurements and proportions characteristic of the human body |
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Ridges & Furrows |
The hills and valleys made by friction lines during fetal development |
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Henry System |
Classification of 10 – fingerprint cards kept in large files |
