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 Process1. Grand Jury2. Indictment3. Bill of Information4. Bail5. Jury of your Peers6. No Self-incrimination7. Assistance to Council8. Confront Witnesses9. Verdict of the Jury10.Fine11. Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Statutory• Laws adopted by legal

authority• Precedence• OH Revised Code• U.S. Code• Municipal Ordinances

Common Law• No written law as foundation

• Judicial Power

• Unifies all other types

Administrative• Written rules that

supplement statutes

Criminal v Civil Law

• Criminal -• Civil -

Degrees of Crime• Homicide

• Non criminal homicide• Justifiable or excusable

• Execution• War

Degrees of Crime• Criminal Homicide

• 1st Degree • 2nd Degree• 3rd Degree• 4th Degree/Voluntary

Manslaughter• Involuntary Manslaughter

Civil Trials• Petit Jury – 8 jurors in Ohio

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