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Criminal Trial
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The Criminal Trial
START HERE
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Review
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The Nature and Purpose of
the Criminal Trial:
The trial process is highly formalized and governed by rules of evidence and other procedural guidelines, as well as informal rules and professional expectations. The purpose is to determine the defendant’s guilt or innocence.
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The philosophy of the adversarial
system is that the most just outcomes
will occur when both sides are
allowed to argue their cases
effectively and vociferously before a
fair and impartial jury.
Adversarial System
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There are eight stages of a criminal trial. 1.
Stages in a Criminal Trial
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Stages in a Criminal Trial
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Trial Initiation and the
Speedy Trial
The ______________guarantees that in “all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial.”
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Federal Speedy Trial Act (1974)
Prosecution must seek indictment or information within _______________ Trial must begin within _____________ indictment. Trial start can extend to 180 days if the defendant is not available or if witnesses cannot be called within the 70 day limit.
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State Speedy Trial Acts
Many states have enacted their own speedy trial legislation. Most set a limit of_____________days as a reasonable period of time for a trial to begin.
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The Sixth Amendment guarantees
the right to an impartial jury.
Jurors are expected to be
_________ and _________about
guilt or innocence.
Prosecution and defense attorneys
question potential jurors during
the process of _________
Jury Selection
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Jury Selection: Ensuring
Impartiality
What are they?- REVIEW
Both the prosecution and defense can use challenges to remove
prospective jurors from jury pool.
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Challenge to the Array
A challenge to the array claims that the pool from which potential jurors are to be selected is
It is argued in a motion
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Challenge for Cause
Review- what is this? Typically, each side has ______________of such challenges.
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Peremptory Challenge
WHAT ARE THESE?! Review…. Typically, each side has _______________of such challenges. Federal government and states vary in the number of such challenges allowed.
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Sequestered Jury
Judges decide whether or not a jury should be _______________—isolated from the public during the course of a trial and throughout the deliberation process.
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Jury Selection and Race
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)—the use of peremptory challenges for purposeful discrimination constitutes a violation of the defendant’s right to an impartial jury.
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The presentation of information to
the jury begins with opening
statements-
Opening Statements
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Evidence—anything useful to a
judge or jury in deciding the facts
of a case.
First, ____________ presents its
evidence. The ______________
follows.
The Presentation of
Evidence
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Types of Evidence
Direct evidence
Circumstantial
evidence
Real evidence
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Judges decide which evidence can be
presented to the jury.
Evidence must be relevant.
The Evaluation of
Evidence
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Testimony—oral evidence presented by witnesses, including victims, police officers, the defendant, and specialists.
Witnesses must be competent to testify. The defendant has the _______________ right not to take the stand. Witnesses are subject to _______________ Witnesses who lie under oath ___________
The Testimony of
Witnesses
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At the conclusion of the trial, both
sides provide the jury with closing
arguments—a
Closing Arguments
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After closing arguments, the judge
charges the jury to: ________________
_________________
___________________
Judge may remind juries of statutory
laws and requirement of impartiality.
Judge’s Charge to the Jury
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Deliberations may take minutes;
some take weeks.
Many jurisdictions require a
unanimous verdict.
Some juries are unable to reach a
verdict. These deadlock juries are
called _______________
Jury Deliberations and the
Verdict
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Problems with the Jury System