Jury Selection jury is made up of (typically but not always) 12 jurors, also there are some on standby. Potential jurors are ordered to the court, and have already gone through the first part of pooling. The jurors also will fill out a test which was made in advance, and has questions submitted by both sides of the case. They use this test, in order to gauge how a juror will feel and vote. Both of the sides in a case can excuse any juror (with reason), also each has a number of peremptory challenges which can be used to pick out a jurors without giving a reason.
Opening Statements, now that there is a jury. It is now time to make opening Statements, this is the first view of the case. Opening statements are made by, both the prosecution and …show more content…
How much proof is necessary for a criminal trial? This is based on the idea of the reasonable doubt standard. An example is “Judges explain the reasonable doubt standard to jurors in a number of ways. Federal jury instructions provide that proof beyond a reasonable doubt is "proof of such a convincing character that a reasonable person would not hesitate to act upon it in the most important of his own affairs." So if a reasonable would find it as enough cause, then it would fall into this. (West's Encyclopedia) 3. What is the difference between a jury trial and a bench trial? Jury trials follow the steps listed above, however a bench trial is heard only by a judge. This mean there is no jury to sway or show the case to. Mostly a defendant would go for a jury, because they can hopefully “win” the jury over, there by swaying how they feel. However in a bench trial there is no jury, but it also can move faster because of that. Also bench trials can hear cases, where it would not make sense to form a jury, like ticket/speeding cases.
4. How many people are required for a jury in a criminal case? In Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 the Supreme Court ruled that in Florida a jury of six was sufficient. However that in most case there needs to be at least 12 people. In civil case can be as low as 2, this is mostly over punitive damages
Opening Statements, now that there is a jury. It is now time to make opening Statements, this is the first view of the case. Opening statements are made by, both the prosecution and …show more content…
How much proof is necessary for a criminal trial? This is based on the idea of the reasonable doubt standard. An example is “Judges explain the reasonable doubt standard to jurors in a number of ways. Federal jury instructions provide that proof beyond a reasonable doubt is "proof of such a convincing character that a reasonable person would not hesitate to act upon it in the most important of his own affairs." So if a reasonable would find it as enough cause, then it would fall into this. (West's Encyclopedia) 3. What is the difference between a jury trial and a bench trial? Jury trials follow the steps listed above, however a bench trial is heard only by a judge. This mean there is no jury to sway or show the case to. Mostly a defendant would go for a jury, because they can hopefully “win” the jury over, there by swaying how they feel. However in a bench trial there is no jury, but it also can move faster because of that. Also bench trials can hear cases, where it would not make sense to form a jury, like ticket/speeding cases.
4. How many people are required for a jury in a criminal case? In Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 the Supreme Court ruled that in Florida a jury of six was sufficient. However that in most case there needs to be at least 12 people. In civil case can be as low as 2, this is mostly over punitive damages