Looking at the Law I want you to come up with either a criminal law or a civil dispute that can be argued. Why are there two sides to it? Why do you think we have the judicial system as a whole? Do you think that system is fair?

The ruling for today Finish breaking down the Judicial Branch We will have an example of a court case to walk us through the adult justice system Talk about Political Parties to end the class Get us ready for the test

GA Supreme Court How they are selected: 6 judges and one chief justice elected to six year terms # of courts: 1 court Jurisdiction: Appellate court Responsibilities: reviews civil and criminal cases made in the court of appeals and lower courts, handles death sentences, determines if laws are constitutional

Court Chart We will roll through some of the courts of the Judicial Branch on page 85 of your Interactive notebook I want you to set up the chart horizontally and put the information in it the way I tell you to Court How Judges are selected Number of courts Jurisdiction Responsibilities State Juvenile Probate Magistrate Superior Court of appeals Supreme

Welcome to Yancey’s court We will come up with a court case and go through the many levels of court We will start with a small issue but eventually becomes a big one Follow the step by step process to get through the justice system

The Process The adult justice system looks very close to the juvenile justice one Going in depth we will look at the steps that happen in the Pretrial and what happens in the Trial phase When something comes on the board I need you to get it down while the case is being tried

The Actors Plaintiff/Prosecutor - The person who brings a case in front of a court Defendant/Suspect - The person being sued or accused in a crime Jury – A group of people who have sworn to give a verdict in a case Defense attorney – Lawyer assigned to defend the suspect Bailiff – person who performs legal action in the courtroom We will now come up with a case

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Pretrial Process Arrest Booking – Cops make an arrest report and put suspect in jail Initial Appearance – Suspect appears before Magistrate court Preliminary Hearing – Magistrate Judge figures out whether there was probable cause Grand Jury Indictment – a group of citizens see if they are guilty Assignment before Superior Court – The suspect is questioned and brought before a judge Admitting guilt/Plea bargaining – If Suspects says not guilty then it will go to trial if they plead guilty then Judge rules

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Trial Process Closing statements – after both sides present their evidence final arguments are made Jury Deliberation and Verdict Sentencing – Judge decides what the ruling for a case should be Appeal – If defendant maintains innocence then they can try to appeal if new evidence is introduced Select a Jury – 12 members are selected to rule on a case Opening Statements – both attorneys are allowed to talk to the jury Presentation of evidence – Witnesses are called and evidence is introduced to make a case

Two party system The two parties have been Republican and Democrat since the 1860s The parties allow for like minded people who share common beliefs and thoughts to work together Sometimes a third party affects elections causing runoffs when normally there wouldn’t be one