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Welcome C&E Students! Find your seat and settle in Roll Call Question: What is one thing you have learned from this course? Bell Work: Prepare for your exam! FYI: You will put your belongings at the front or back of the room during the midterm
SHHH! Test in Progress! All you need is a pencil You will answer on your scantron Have a question? Ask a question! When finished, turn in your test to Ms. Smith Work on & turn in your Supreme Court Case questions Correct (w/ explanations) and turn in your Civil v. Criminal Case quiz
Welcome C&E Students! Grab your handouts and settle in Roll Call Question: Bell Work: Discover the Loch Ness Monster or bigfoot? Administrative, Constitutional & Statutory law: Who controls these? What are the steps (in order) of a criminal court case? What law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction at the federal (national), state and local level?
Bell Work Answers Administrative: Executive Constitutional: judicial Statutory: Legislative Arrest-Indictment-Arraignment-Trial- Verdict-Sentencing Federal: FBI, SS, NSA State: NCBI (SBI), State Troopers/Highway Patrol Local: Sheriff (county), Police (city)
Source of Law In your groups or independently, complete your Source of Law packets REMEMBER! It is a quiz grade!!! Turn it in to your class tray when finished
Law Bingo Fill in the words from the word bank at random on your bingo sheet
Criminal v. Civil Law Quiz In your class groups complete the Civil v. Criminal Quiz
Unit 4 Trashketball We ball…
4.1 Types of Law
Question What type of law is the supreme law of the land?
Answer Constitutional Law
Question This type of law is create by a legislative body
Answer Statutory Law
Question These are laws that apply to the entire country or state
Answer statutes
Question The CDC creates a law that regulates whether citizens from West Africa can enter the country because of the Ebola outbreak. What type of law is this?
Answer Administrative/Regulator y Law
Question This is the term we use when we look at similar/earlier cases and follow an earlier ruling
Answer Precedent/Common Law
Question What are the two types of crimes in the US?
Answer Felony & Misdemeanor
Question Who are the two adversaries in a criminal case?
Answer Prosecution (state) and the Defendant
Question These type of crimes include: counterfeiting, tax evasion, terrorism and organized crime
Answer Federal Crimes
Question Which law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction over federal crimes?
Answer FBI, Secret Service, NSA
Question Give two examples of a felony
Answer Murder, Arson, Rape, Robbery
Question These are laws that apply to a city or county
Answer Ordinances
Question This type of law deals with disputes between people
Answer Civil law
Question These are the two adversaries in a civil case
Answer Plaintiff v. Defendant
Question In this type of law someone is claiming negligence has caused them an injury or loss/damage to property
Answer Tort Law
Question Give an example of a misdemeanor
Answer Vandalism, littering, speeding ticket, public urination
Question In a civil case there is a requirement that more than 50% of the evidence points to guilt. What is this called?
Answer Preponderance of guilt
Question Why would someone want to pursue a settlement?
Answer To avoid cost and time of a trial
Question Give an example of a misdemeanor
Answer Vandalism, littering, speeding ticket, public urination
Question What supreme court case established that you must be read your rights before being taken into police custody?
Answer Miranda v. Arizona
Question What are the steps (in order) of a criminal case?
Answer Arrest-Indictment- Arraignment-Trial- Verdict-Sentencing
Question Give an example of the name of a civil court case?
Answer Plaintiff v. Defendant Smith v. Switzer
Question What is a plea bargain?
Answer plead guilty to a lesser crime to receive a lesser sentence
Question What step of the trial process would the grand jury formally charge you with a crime?
Question indictment
Answer When the jury finds you guilty or not guilty they issue their…
Answer Verdict
Question In this type of trial only a judge will hear your case
Answer Bench trial
Question This requires a person to be a witness at a trial
Answer Subpoena
Question In this step, you issue your plea of guilty or not guilty
Answer arraignment
Question This is the term we use when the jury finds someone not guilty
Answer Acquittal
Question Create an example of the name of a Criminal Case
Answer Prosecution v. Defendant NC v. Smith
Question What is Capital Punishment?
Answer The Death Penalty
4.2 Jurisdiction
Question This agency would have jurisdiction over protecting the president
Answer Secret Service
Question This law enforcement agency could pull you over anywhere in the state
Answer Highway patrol/state trooper
Question This law enforcement agency only has jurisdiction over a city
Answer Police
Question This law enforcement agency would have jurisdiction over over drug investigations and election laws
Answer SBI/NCBI
Question This law enforcement agency has jurisdiction over entire county
Answer Sheriff
Question Gideon v. Wainwright established what precedent?
Answer You have the right to an attorney even if you cannot afford one (public defender)
Question Mapp. v Ohio involves what amendment?
Answer 4 th
4.3 Dual Court System
Question What does it mean when we say the US has a dual court system?
Answer We have both state and federal courts
Question Which court would hear cases involving federal crimes?
Answer US District Court
Question What is a public defender?
Answer state employee who represents those who cannot afford to hire a lawyer
Question This is the highest court in the state
Answer NC Supreme Court
Question This court hears cases regarding family law, misdemeanors and civil cases involving $10,000 or less
Answer NC District Court
Question What does original jurisdiction mean?
Answer the first court to hear a case
Question How many US District courts are there?
Answer 94
Question What type of court only hears cases about constitutional issues
Answer US Supreme Court
Question What is exclusive jurisdiction?
Answer only federal courts can hear and decide cases
Question What does remanding a case mean?
Answer send the case back to be tried again
Question This document asks a lower court to send the case to the Supreme Court for review
Answer Writ of Certiorari
Question Federal judges are chose by whom?
Answer The president