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Our Legal System
- criminal
law
- Misdemeanors
- less serious crimes that are
punishable with less than 1
year in prison
- Examples
- larceny(shoplifting)
- the unlawful taking away of another person's
property with the intent never to return it
- the unlawful taking away of another person's
property with the intent never to return it
- lawsuit
- when a civil case goes to court
- a legal action whereby a person or
group sues to collect damages for
some harm that is done
- when a civil case goes to court
- larceny(shoplifting)
- less serious crimes that are
punishable with less than 1
year in prison
- felonies
- examples
- robbery
- homoicide aka
murder
- burglary aka breaking & entering
- the unlawful entry into any dwelling or
structure with the intention to commit a
crime
- the unlawful entry into any dwelling or
structure with the intention to commit a
crime
- burglary aka breaking & entering
- the taking of property from a person's
possession by using threats
- homoicide aka
murder
- robbery
- examples
- District Courts
- Superior Court
- NC Court of Appeals
- NC Supreme Court
- 1 Chief Justice + 6 = 7 Total
- They are elected and served for 8 years
- They are elected and served for 8 years
- 1 Chief Justice + 6 = 7 Total
- NC Supreme Court
- NC Court of Appeals
- Superior Court
- Penalties
- Jail or prison
- Fines
- Probation
- Restitution
- When a crime involves damage to property. Restitution pays
the property owner for the damage caused.
- death penalty
- often happens with a serious crime.
- often happens with a serious crime.
- When a crime involves damage to property. Restitution pays
the property owner for the damage caused.
- When a court orders you to serve probation
and sentences from mischief cases .
- Restitution
- First-time offenders are often sentenced to pay
a crime.
- Probation
- If you commit
criminal mischief,
you may be
sentenced to jail or
prison.
- Fines
- Jail or prison
- steps in a criminal
case
- police investigation
- Arrest
- Booking
- Preliminary Hearing
- Arraignment
- Trial
- Verdict
- Sentence
- Sentence
- Verdict
- Trial
- Arraignment
- Preliminary Hearing
- Booking
- Arrest
- police investigation
- Misdemeanors
- Civil law
- cases that involve a plaintiff suing another person for
damages and movie
- Plaintiff- the person filing the lawsuit
- defendant the person being sued
- Plaintiff- the person filing the lawsuit
- Tort is a fancy name for civil law
- civil wrongs
- a person may suffer an injury and claim
that another party is responsible because
of negligence
- civil wrongs
- family law
- cases involve divorce, child custody,
adoption, alimony, child support, and
spousal and child abuse
- cases involve divorce, child custody,
adoption, alimony, child support, and
spousal and child abuse
- Individuals
believe they
have lost
something of
value
- cases that involve a plaintiff suing another person for
damages and movie
- Constitutional
Law
- cases including the
constitution
- Gideon vs.
Wainwright
- Established right to a lawyer for everyone
- 6th Amendment
- guarantees right
to a lawyer, trial
by jury, speedy,
public trial
- guarantees right
to a lawyer, trial
by jury, speedy,
public trial
- 6th Amendment
- Established right to a lawyer for everyone
- Gideon vs.
Wainwright
- Court of Appeals
- US Supreme Court
- Mapp v. Ohio
- Mapp was convicted of possessing
materials after an illegal police search
of her home.
- Violation of the 4th Amendment
- 4th Amendment protects against
"unreasonable searches and seizures"
- 4th Amendment protects against
"unreasonable searches and seizures"
- Violation of the 4th Amendment
- search warrant enters her
house unexpectedly
- Mapp was convicted of possessing
materials after an illegal police search
of her home.
- Furman vs. Georgia (1972)
suspended the use of the death
penalty. The Supreme Court ruled
the way the death penalty was
being used was "arbitrarily",
"freakish". The ban on the death
penalty would last 4 years.
- Gregg vs. Georgia
(1976) reinstated the
death penalty; in
penalty case into
phases 1) trial 2)
sentencing
- Gideon vs. Wainwright
- charged of breaking and
entering and stealing money
from the vending machines. He
lacked a defense attorney
because the court wouldn't
allow him to have one.
- Rules the 6th Amendment
- Requires states to provide defense attorneys.
- Requires states to provide defense attorneys.
- Rules the 6th Amendment
- charged of breaking and
entering and stealing money
from the vending machines. He
lacked a defense attorney
because the court wouldn't
allow him to have one.
- Mapp v. Ohio
- US Supreme Court
- exclusionary law
- holds evidence collected in violation of the defendants constitutional
rights
- holds evidence collected in violation of the defendants constitutional
rights
- cases including the
constitution
- Administrative
Law
- refers to the rules and regulations that the
executive branch must make to carry out its job
- includes an individual charging a government agency
with wrongdoing
- refers to the rules and regulations that the
executive branch must make to carry out its job
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