Judicial Branch Notes: Civil and Criminal Cases
What happens when you go to court: Criminal and Civil Procedure
| |Civil Law |Criminal Law |
|What happened? | |[pic]Law was broken |
| |Argument (law suit) | |
|What is determined |[pic]Who is right (winner usually gets money) |[pic] |
| | |If the accused is guilty or not guilty |
|Examples of Typical | |Speeding ticket, murder, stealing |
|Cases: |Law suit, sue someone, divorce, custody | |
|Procedure: |1)__Plaintiff____files a complaint to |1) Arrest of person accused of a crime if police have ___Probable |
| |Recover Damages (______Money_____) |cause_____. |
| | | |
| |Receive compensation (_________Money______) |2)The accused may be committed to ___jail_ or released on |
| | |__bail_____. |
| |2) Case can be heard by a __Judge__ or __Jury___. | |
| | |3)Proceeds to an __Arraignment ___ where: |
| |3)Case can be ___appealed__ |Probable cause is reviewed, which means… |
| | |Look over reason to arrest you |
| | |Attorney may be appointed, which means… you get a lawyer |
| | | |
| | |Plea is entered, which means… |
| | |Respond guilty or not guilty |
| | |4) Court date is set and a __trial___ is conducted. (Note: This is |
| | |when bail money is returned if accused shows up to Trial) |
| | | |
| | |5) A guilty verdict may be _appealed____ |
Wait…what if there are kids involved?!?
_Juvenile_ Cases are when people under 18 are involved. These cases are treated differently:
|Judges have greater latitude (flexibility) in handling juvenile cases. |Juveniles who commit serious crimes can be tried as adults. |
|What does this mean? |What does this mean? |
|Kids can have different punishments, depending on what the judge thinks. |Kids can be treated as adults if the crime is serious enough. |
|Illustrate an example or what this means: |Illustrate an example or what this means: |
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