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Plaintiff - ANS WEF person who sues defendant - ANSWER-person who is been sued witnee - ANSWER-person who gives testimony about the facts prosecutor - ANSWERthe government’s lawyer ina criminal case public defender - ANSWER-attorney who defends criminal defense witness - ANSWER-person(s) who testifies for defendant assistant district attorney - ANSWEF-is the state court attomey assistant U.S. attorney - ANSWER-attorney in federal court case court clerk - ANSWEF-he adminisior oath. Usually called courtroom deputy misdemeanor - ANSWE-defendant does not have to appear in court. Attorney can represent. misdemeanor charge - ANSWER-1. arrest & formal charges; 2. First appearance; 3. Pretrial negotiations 4. trial felony - ANSWER-defendant must appear in court. felony lower court - ANSWER. ar settings; 4. pre-trial negotiations; 3. probable cause hearing, 6. grand jury est& formal charges: 2. lst appearance: 3. preliminary felony for cases going to trial - ANSWER-L.arraignment; 2. motions and settlement conferences: 3. trial, and 4. sentencing an interpreter shall render - ANSWER accuracy, representation of qualifications, be impartial, s ability to deli professional demeanor, limit to interpret and/or translate,ass Services, report any cthic violations, and continually impskillrove Mandatory method for interpreting al. Lhe witness stand - ANSWER-consocutive The interpreter hired by the court in a criminal case may refor atLomeys Lo a defendant - ANSWER-only if defendant ask directly to become familiar with a particular of a case, the interpreter must - ANSWERrequest and review the case file at which proceeding is the defendant informed of charges against him/her and ask to enter plea? ANSWER-arraignment Ata preliminary hearing the judge may not - ANSWER-determine the guilt or innocence of the defendant Probable cause is- ANSWER-a requisite element of a valid search and seizure or arrest An adjudication hearing is - ANSWE-a term used for a portion ofa juvenile proceeding A voir dire interrogation is made - ANSWER-to determine qualifications or competency for expert witness To impanel a jury is - ANSWERto choose a jury Nolo contendere means - ANSWER-I will not contest the charges To impeach a witness is - ANSWERto discredit a witness A cursory search is- ANSWER-a superficial search To weave means - ANSWER-to relinquish. Give up Arebuttal is- ANSWER-a refutation to remand a defendant is- ANSWERto send back into custody to serve a subpoena means - ANSWER-to deliver a sunpoena The defense rest means - ANSWER-the defense has finished presenting its case to sustain an objection means - ANSWER-to agree an objection If interpreter is sure the person for whom he/she is interpreting is lying, you should - ANSWER- interpret what is said A hung jury is one that - ANSWER-cannot reach a veredict Areeeding - ANSWEF-hairlinc aspliting - ANSWER-image pink- ANSWER lips aringing in one’s - ANSWER-ear a stuffy - ANSWEF-person, old fashion a frog in her - ANSWER-throat a stiff- ANSWER-neck webbed - ANSWER-toes sagging - ANSWER-skin puffy - ANSWER-eves a lurned up - ANSWER-nose frizzy - ANSWER-hair groying - ANSWEF-hair, of America a hunched - ANSWER-back baw - ANSWER-down A stubbed - ANSWER-toe alazy - ANSWER-eye a chipped - ANSWERtooth a bulbous - ANSWER-nose crow's - ANSWER-feet bushy - ANSWER-hair, eyebrow swollen - ANSWEI-feet knoby - ANSWER-knces a parched - ANSWER-mouth broken out - ANSWER-in love a pulled - ANSWEF-muscle flat - ANSWER-tire a sharp - ANSWEF-minor (musical pitch) a round- ANSWEF-of applause buck - ANSWER-knife coliflower - ANSWER-ear the evil finds work - ANSWEF-for idle hands experience is the mother - ANSWERof wisdom still waters - ANSWER-run deep virlue is - ANSWER-own roward mighty oaks from - ANSWEF-Lttle acorns grow the interpreter takes the oath - ANSWEF-at the beginning of any legal procedure refer to you (interpreter) - ANSWER-in 3rd person interpret - ANSWER-in 1st person culturally bound terms - ANSWEFleave it in the source language most difficult proceeding to interpret is - ANSWER-reading of jury isntructions an active punishment - ANSWERrequires felons be incarcerated in the state prison system under structured sentencing there 3 types of punishment - ANSWER-active (prison, jail), intermediate and community Prisons are typically operated by either a state government or the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). - ANSWER-These are designed to hold individuals convicted of more serious crimes, typically any felony. are typically operated by either a state government or the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). These are designed to hold individuals convicted of more serious crimes, typically any [clony. Jails arc usually run by local law cnforeement and/or local government agencies - ANSWER-are designed to hold inmates awaiting trial or serving a short sentence. Often “short” is designated as a misdemeanor conviction versus a felony, so in some instances where misdemeanor sentences are run conscentively, one may spend more than a ycar in jail. intermediate punishment - ANSWER-supervised probation and may include active confinement, house arrest with electronic device, periods of supervised confinement. Felonies include - ANSWE/-breaking and entering, assault, sale or delivery of control substances, forgery, rape, incest, murder or embezzlement ANSWER-family issues (divorce, child custody}, dispute over contracts or personal injury claims civil action or civil cases involv how to process and infraction case? - ANSWER-charge, pretrial release, wal trial/hearing,appoal. $ a misdemeanor? - ANSWER-arr trial, sentence, probation, appeal. how to prac: , initial appearance, no indictment, motions, {rial