Ch. 8 Vocab

Question 1

In criminal proceedings the examination in the court of the issues of the fact and relevant law in a fare for the purpose of convicting or acquitting the defendant

Answer 1

Trial

Question 2

Professional courtroom actors including judges, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, public defenders, and who earn a living serving the court

Answer 2

Courtroom work group

Question 3

An elected or appointed public official who presides over a court of law and who is authorized to hear and sometimes decide cases and to conduct trials

Answer 3

Judges

Question 4

Combined elements of both election and employment, provided periodic and public review of judicial performance

Answer 4

Missouri (Bar) Plan

Question 5

An attorney whose official duty is to conduct criminal proceedings on behalf of the state or the people against those accused of having committed criminal offenses

Answer 5

Prosecutor

Question 6

The decision making power of prosecutors based in he wide range of choices available to them, in the handling of criminal defendants, the scheduling of cases for trial, the acceptance of negotiated pleas… etc.

Answer 6

Prosecutorial discretion

Question 7

Any information having a tendency to clear a person of guilt or blame

Answer 7

Exculpatory evidence

Question 8

Licensed trial lawyer, hired or appointed to conduct the legal defense of a person accused of crime and to represent him or her before a court of law

Answer 8

Defense attorney

Question 9

Juveniles charged either delinquent acts were granted the right to appointed counsel

Answer 9

In re Gault

Question 10

Court-appointed difference attorneys usually drawn from a roster of all practicing attorneys with and jurisdiction of the court

Answer 10

Assigned counsel

Question 11

Stay employed lawyer defending indigent defendants

Answer 11

Public defenders