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 1.Grand Jury 2.Indictment 3.Bill of Information 4.Bail 5.Jury of your Peers 6.No Self-incrimination 7.Assistance to Council 8.Confront Witnesses 9.Verdict of the Jury 10.Fine 11.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 1 st Degree 2 nd Degree 3 rd Degree 4 th 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