Judicial Terms – CE 8a

Name ______Date ______

Match the following terms to their correct description.

1. ______criminal case11. ______subpoena

2. ______civil case12. ______judge

3. ______felony13. ______summons

4. ______misdemeanor14. ______jury

5. ______judicial15. ______Justice

6. ______dual 16. ______juvenile

7. ______bail17. ______jurisdiction

8. ______appeal18. ______original jurisdiction

9. ______search warrant19. ______appellate jurisdiction

10. ______arrest warrant20. ______magistrate

  1. a member of the Supreme Court
  2. the authority to hear & decide a case in a court of law
  3. a public official who has the power to hear and decide cases in a court of law
  4. a case in which a person is accused of breaking the law
  5. a minor; a person under the age of 18
  6. a lesser crime
  7. a court order requiring you to appear in court as a juror or to answer a complaint or charge
  8. a court's authority to be the first to hear a case
  9. a court order requiring the police to take a person into custody
  10. a case in which one party takes legal action against another party as a result of some dispute
  11. a serious crime
  12. group of citizens whose job is to listen to testimony presented in court and determine guilt or innocence
  13. branch of government that interprets the law
  14. a court order requiring a person to appear in court to give testimony
  15. official who issues various court orders – search warrants, subpoenas, arrest warrants, summons – and sets bail; a lesser judge
  16. money that an accused person gives the court as a promise that he will return for trial; money paid to get out of jail until the trial
  17. to ask a higher court to review a decision and determine if a legal error was made
  18. a court's authority to review cases from lower courts to determine if a legal error was made
  19. a court order telling the police to search a particular place and to seize certain items
  20. having two parts

United States Courts - CE 8a

Name ______Date ______

For each of the following statements decide which court is being described. Use the following abbreviations to answer the questions.

DC for U.S. District Court

CA for the U.S. Court of Appeals

SC for the U.S. Supreme Court

1. ______It has original jurisdiction for criminal cases under U.S. law.

2. ______It hears appeals with groups of judges and no jury.

3. ______Its cases are heard by a judge and jury.

4. ______It has appellate jurisdiction and limited original jurisdiction.

5. ______It has original jurisdiction for civil cases under U.S. law.

6. ______Its cases are heard by all the Justices and no jury.

7. ______It hears appeals from the District Courts.

8. ______It is the highest court in the United States; the “court of last resort”.

Judicial Review Matching - CE 8b

Name ______Date ______

Match the words below to their definitions by drawing a line to connect them.

1. check in violation of the Constitution

2. U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review

3. Virginia Supreme Court the supreme law of the land

4. unconstitutional a control or limit on another branch

5. Marbury v. Madisonit has the final word on constitutionality of all U.S. laws

6. Brown v. Board of Educationit has the final word on constitutionality of all state laws

7. judicial reviewcase where judicial review was used to declare segregated schools unconstitutional

8. U.S. Constitution power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of laws and executive acts

Criminal Sequencing - CE 8c

Name ______Date ______

I. Steps in the Process of Criminal Justice - Use the following terms to fill in the spaces below.

crimeindictmentappealarraignment

sentencingpreliminary hearinginvestigationarrest

bookingtrial

1. The process of criminal justice begins when there is a wrongful act that is against the law committed. Such an act is called a ______.

2. The next step in the process involves the police working to discover the evidence in a case. That is called the ______.

3. Once the police have identified the suspect and they have probable cause they take the person into custody. That is called an ______

4. Immediately afterward the suspect is taken to the police headquarters where an official record of the arrest is made. That is called the ______

5. The defendant then appears in court in what is called a ______. At this time the judge decides if there is enough evidence to hold the person in custody, informs the person of his rights, and decides whether to release the him on bail.

6. Next there is a formal charge of a crime made by a grand jury. That is called an

______.

7. Shortly afterward the accused person appears in court to plead guilty or not guilty. That step is called the ______.

8. A court date is then setand the ______is held. In it the court examines the facts in the case in order to determine the truth in the matter.

9. If the defendant is found guilty he must then go through the ______when the punishment for the crime is given.

10. Finally he has the right to request an ______, that is, a review of the case by a higher court to determine if legal mistakes were made in the trial.

Ensuring Justice - CE 8d

Name ______Date ______Complete the selection below by choosing from the Word Bank below. All of the terms will NOT be used.

WORD BANK

equal protection of the lawdue process of lawjudicial review

the Bill of RightsDeclaration of Independence1st Amendment

5th Amendment10th Amendment14th Amendment

The constitutional protection against unfair governmental actions and laws is called ______.

The ______prohibits the national government from acting in an unfair manner. The state and local governments are prohibited from acting in an unfair manner by the ______.

The U.S. Supreme Court has extended the due process clauses to protect the guarantees of ______.