Chapter 13 : Trials and Jury

Question 1

how many amendments are involved in trials and jury

Answer 1

• 6th - speedy and public trial
• 14th - due process
• 5th - federal due process

Question 2

how many people are on a jury for misdemeanor in state

Answer 2

6

Question 3

how many people are on a felony jury

Answer 3

12

Question 4

characteristics of a jury

Answer 4

unanimous verdicts
* not guilty
* guilty
* hung jury

Question 5

jury selection process

Answer 5

master list –> venire panel –> jury –> panel

Question 6

peremptory challenge

Answer 6

the prosecution and the defense have an opportunity to strike jurors from the panel for any reason as long as it is not a discriminatory reason

Question 7

master jury list

Answer 7

individuals who live in the jurisdiction

Question 8

venire

Answer 8

a group of citizens from which members of the jury are chosen

Question 9

voir die

Answer 9

“to speak the truth”. process by which prospective jurors are quesitoned to determine whether there is cause to excuse them from the jury

Question 10

deliberations

Answer 10

the time where the jury goes to dicuss the guilt or innocence of the defendant

Question 11

presumptions

Answer 11

a conclusion that the law requires the trier-of-fact to accept as truw

Question 12

direct evidence

Answer 12

eye witness testimony

Question 13

circumstantial evidence

Answer 13

requires an inference to be drawn

Question 14

steps in a jury trial process

Answer 14

1. swearing in jury (jeopardy attaches)
2. opening statements
3. pros. case in chief
4. def. case in chief
5. pros. rebuttal
6. def. rebuttal
7. closing arguments
8. jury instructed
9. deliberation
10. verdict

Question 15

when does jeopoardy attach in a bench trial

Answer 15

when the first witness is sworn in

Question 16

when does jeopardy attach in a jury trial

Answer 16

once the jury is sworn in