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Court System

Court System. Criminal Trials. Grand Jury Petit Jury – 12 jurors 3 Judge Panel. Voir Dire. The process of selecting jurors State Court - Attorney’s Federal Court – Judges Peremptory Challenges. Court Process. Grand Jury Indictment Bill of Information Bail Jury of your Peers

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Court System

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  1. Court System

  2. Criminal Trials • Grand Jury • Petit Jury – 12 jurors • 3 Judge Panel

  3. Voir Dire • The process of selecting jurors • State Court - Attorney’s • Federal Court – Judges • Peremptory Challenges

  4. Court Process • Grand Jury • Indictment • Bill of Information • Bail • Jury of your Peers • No Self-incrimination • Assistance to Council • Confront Witnesses • Verdict of the Jury • Fine • Cruel and Unusual Punishment

  5. Statutory Laws adopted by legal authority Precedence OH Revised Code U.S. Code Municipal Ordinances

  6. Common Law No written law as foundation Judicial Power Unifies all other types

  7. Administrative Written rules that supplement statutes

  8. Criminal v Civil Law Criminal - Civil -

  9. Degrees of Crime • Homicide • Non criminal homicide • Justifiable or excusable • Execution • War

  10. Degrees of Crime • Criminal Homicide • 1st Degree • 2nd Degree • 3rd Degree • 4th Degree/Voluntary Manslaughter • Involuntary Manslaughter

  11. Civil Trials • Petit Jury – 8 jurors in Ohio

  12. Torts • Legal duty owed one person to another • Breach of legal duty • Proximate cause of injury or loss • Injury or loss suffered by the plaintiff

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