Definitions

1. A criminal case is an action brought by the state against a person or corporation charged with violating the law. (Web site)
2. In a criminal case, the state, through a prosecutor, initiates the suit, while in a civil case the victim brings the suit. (Web site)
3. In a criminal case, the defendant may appeal a guilty verdict, but the government may not appeal if a defendant is found not guilty. (Web site)
4. In a criminal case, the defendant, in order to be convicted, must be proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (Web site)
5. In a criminal case, a directed verdict is a judgment of acquittal for the defendant.

Probate Case

1. Instead, watch a criminal case, a personal injury case, probate case, or a divorce case in another court. (Web site)

Charge

1. In a criminal case, the reasons why a defendant should not be convicted of the charge(s). (Web site)
2. Substitute Charge: In a criminal case, a charge that replaces the original charge by the prosecutor.

District Court

1. Mter respondent's conviction in the criminal case, the District Court granted the SEC summary judgment in the civil case.

Party

1. Defendant The party against whom relief or recovery is sought or the accused in a criminal case. (Web site)

Suit

1. The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief or recovery is sought in an action or suit, or the accused in a criminal case.

State

1. In a criminal case, the action would be between the state and the defendant. (Web site)

Civil

1. A trial court of general jurisdiction is authorized to hear any type of civil or criminal case that is not committed exclusively to another court. (Web site)
2. Circuit Court: Court that has the power to hear any civil or criminal case in Dane County. (Web site)
3. Judgment: A final appealable order in a civil or criminal case.

Misdemeanor Cases

1. In criminal case, magistrate judges issue warrants, conduct preliminary proceedings in felony cases and conduct all matters in misdemeanor cases.

Complaint

1. A sworn, witnessed complaint filed with the Clerk of Court initiating a criminal case.

Decision

1. In addition, the Court of Criminal Appeals may, on its own motion, review a decision of a Court of Appeals in a criminal case as provided by law. (Web site)
2. A hung jury is a slang term for a hopelessly deadlocked jury in a criminal case, in which a decision on guilt or innocence cannot be made. (Web site)

Interests

1. As a victim of crime, your interests are represented in the criminal case by the District Attorney�s office. (Web site)

Trial

1. The court turns the presentments into a formal indictment and sets the criminal case over for trial.
2. Petit jury - The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. (Web site)

Pleadings

1. Pleadings: The court documents filed with the court by the parties in a civil or criminal case. (Web site)

Plea Bargain

1. Both prosecutors and defendants often have a strong interest in resolving the criminal case by negotiation resulting in a plea bargain.

Jury Trial

1. Our decisions on the right to jury trial in a criminal case do not suggest that there is no prejudice in the circumstances here. (Web site)

Person

1. Criminal Case: The action or suit by a government to penalize a person for a violation of the criminal laws, both misdemeanors and felonies. (Web site)

Appeal

1. Indiana statutory law has made an appeal from a state conviction in a criminal case a matter of right. (Web site)
2. A hung jury is a de facto acquittal, not subject to appeal, in a criminal case.
3. Exceptions - Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion.

Judge

1. A judge cannot take sides in a criminal case and must treat both the defendant and the state fairly. (Web site)

Sentence

1. Unconditional Discharge: A sentence in a criminal case in which the defendant is released with without imprisonment, probation supervision or conditions. (Web site)
2. Either side in a criminal case may appeal with respect to the sentence that is imposed after a guilty verdict. (Web site)

Sentencing

1. In criminal procedure, the sentencing or other final settlement of a criminal case. (Web site)

Indictment

1. If a majority of the jurors vote for the indictment, it is "returned" and initiates a criminal case against the people it names as defendants. (Web site)

Case

1. Stipulation - An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. (Web site)
2. Criminal Case: A case brought by the government against a person accused of violating Indiana's criminal laws.
3. While the case at bar concerns successive criminal proceedings, rather than a criminal case and a civil case, we are convinced the same logic applies. (Web site)

Civil Action

1. The party who sues in a civil action; a complainant; the prosecution—that is, a state or the United States representing the people—in a criminal case.

Convict

1. In a criminal case, when the prosecution rest, the state's case is said to be prima facie, if the evidence so far introduced is sufficient to convict.

Reasonable Doubt

1. In a criminal case, the prosecution must prove the defendant's guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt"--a much higher standard. (Web site)

Arraignment

1. ARRAIGNMENT: The initial appearance before a judge in a criminal case.

Verdict

1. A criminal case in which the punishment may be capital shall be tried before a jury of twelve persons, all of whom must concur to render a verdict. (Web site)
2. And the verdict of not guilty, in a criminal case, is, in every respect, absolutely final. (Web site)

Jury

1. If a jury reaches a guilty verdict in a criminal case, the judge will determine the punishment or sentence in accordance with the law.
2. Sentencing can vary depending on the location of the case, the crime, the judge (and sometimes jury), and other specifics of the criminal case. (Web site)
3. The trial of a criminal case in District Court is always without a jury. (Web site)

Court

1. Typically, this motion can be used in a criminal case only to reverse a guilty verdict; not guilty verdicts are immune to reversal by the court.
2. Rehearing Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
3. Rehearing: Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the matter was originally heard. (Web site)

Admissible

1. Rules of evidence Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
2. For example, in a criminal case, the trial judge might rule that the primary piece of incriminating evidence is not admissible in court.

Guilty

1. In a trial by jury of a criminal case, the jury has the power to decide whether the accused person is guilty or innocent. (Web site)
2. Plea – In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges.
3. It is a verdict (a judgment in a criminal case) of not guilty. (Web site)

Prosecutor

1. Prosecutor - A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters. (Web site)
2. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. (Web site)
3. In a criminal case, the burden on the prosecutor is to establish the defendant’s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, a much stricter standard. (Web site)

Defendant

1. ARRAIGNMENT - A court hearing in a criminal case where a defendant is advised of the charges and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
2. No Contest: A plea in a criminal case that allows the defendant to be convicted without admitting guilt for the crime charged. (Web site)
3. Initial Appearance (IA) -- First appearance in court by defendant in a criminal case.

Civil Case

1. A declaration that the plaintiff in a civil case or the prosecutor in a criminal case will drop prosecution of all or part of a suit or indictment.
2. This is usually the duty of the plaintiff in a civil case and always is the duty of the state in a criminal case.
3. A decision is unanimous when the full jury in a criminal case or three-quarters of the jury in a civil case has agreed upon the verdict.

Criminal Case

1. A decision by a judge or jury that a defendant in a criminal case is not guilty of a crime. (Web site)
2. Dismissed and Read-In: Used only when the defendant enters a plea of guilty in a criminal case to some of the charges and the court dismisses the remainder. (Web site)
3. Defendant – In a civil case, the person or organization against whom the plaintiff brings suit; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

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