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Here We Go

What is the difference between civil law and criminal law?

What is an appeal and what do appellate courts do?

What are the four pleas in Georgia, and what is a plea bargain?

What is a juvenile, what do juvenile courts do, and what is the juvenile code?

What is the name of the accuser and the person being accused, and what is it called when the accuser feels they have been wronged and take it to the court system?

What similarities do the criminal and civil court of appeals have? What differences? What is it called when a decision is reversed?

What are the “Seven Deadly Sins”?

What is an unruly act? What is a delinquent act? What are the consequences of each?

What is the difference between a felony and misdemeanor?

What happens in a jury trial, and what happens in a bench trail?

What is the district attorney and who is right below him in status?

What are the differences and similarities of exclusive and general jurisdiction?

What is an indictment and who must it be issued by?

Which court system uses the defense attorney, prosecutor, and public defenders (if needed)?

What happens during intake, conviction, and sentencing?

What is a probable-cause hearing? What is a formal hearing?

What can be a result of a capital offense?

What happens during deliberation?

Bonus What time is the clerk’s office open for filings and communications relating to cases?