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13 Cards in this Set
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Criminal Court: What happens after the preliminary hearing?
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Released or jailed
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If jailed what are the three possibilities
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Bail: property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time. Bond: A document that serves as evidence of a debt. Reconisance:
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What is after bail, bond or recognicance (?)?
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Arraignment (formally charged) Plead guilty of not guilty. (plea bargain goes on). Recognizance:recognizor acknowledges that he will do a specific act required by law.
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What comes after
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Trial and then Verdict
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What happens if you are guilty?
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Jail, probation, suspension, appeal
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What happens if you are not guilty?
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Released
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What is default judgment?
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No answer
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Who is in a civil court?
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Plaintiff-complaint...Defendant-answer
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What happens at the pretrial
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Discovery: pre-trial investigation of a case. and deposition:A pre-trial interrogation in which a witness in a case answers questions under oath.
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What happens after?
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Trial and verdict.
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What is the verdict?
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Money if defendant is found guilty. Both can appeal.
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What is the difference between arraignment and indictment?
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Arraignment if formally charged and when you please guilty or non guilty nad also plea bargain. Indictment is by the Grand Jury.
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If convicted, they could...?
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Parole: apply to board of odd number of people. (for the last years until endo f sentence) Pardoning: Relieved, like a presidential pardon. Probation:from start. If sentence is 3 years. Two years could be probation and one in jail.
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