Chapter 7

Question 1

Arrest

Answer 1

Taking persons into custody and restraining them until they appear in court to answer the charges against them

Question 2

Arraignment

Answer 2

Official proceeding in which defendant is formally confronted by criminal charges and enters a plea.

Question 3

Bail

Answer 3

Surety provided by defendants to guarantee their appearance in court to face criminal charges

Question 4

Bench trial

Answer 4

Tribunal where guilt or innocence is determined by a judge rather than a jury.

Question 5

Booking

Answer 5

Process of making written report of arrest.

Question 6

Bounty hunter

Answer 6

Monetary reward offered for capture of persons who escape prosecution from a given jurisdiction.

Question 7

Cross examination

Answer 7

Questioning of one side’s witness by the other side’s attorney.

Question 8

Direct examination

Answer 8

Questioning by an attorney of one’s own witness during a trial.

Question 9

Exclusionary rule

Answer 9

A rule that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.

Question 10

Expert witness

Answer 10

witness who has expertise or special knowledge in a relevant field pertaining to the case at trial.

Question 11

Eyewitness

Answer 11

Persons who testify in court as to what they saw when the crime was committed.

Question 12

Grand Jury

Answer 12

investigative bodies whose duties include determining probable cause and returning formal charges against suspects

Question 13

Indictment

Answer 13

Charges or written accusations found and presented by a grand jury that a particular defendant probably committed a crime.

Question 14

Information

Answer 14

Written accusations made by a public prosecutor against a person without an indictment.

Question 15

Jury deliberation

Answer 15

Discussion among jury members attempting to arrive at a verdict.

Question 16

Motions

Answer 16

Oral or written requests to a judge asking the court to make a specific ruling, finding, decision, or order.

Question 17

Objections

Answer 17

Actions by either the prosecutor or defense requesting that certain questions not be asked of witness or that certain evidence should or should not be admitted.

Question 18

Summation

Answer 18

Conclusionary remarks made by the prosecutor and defense counsel at the end of trial before the jury.

Question 19

Trial

Answer 19

An adversarial proceeding within a particular jurisdiction in which defendant’s guilt or innocence can be decided by either a judge or jury.

Question 20

Verdict

Answer 20

Decision by judge or jury concerning the guilt or innocence of a defendant.

Question 21

Witnesses

Answer 21

Persons who have relevant information about the commission of a crime.