Unit 4 Week 2

Constitutional amendment that protects against illegal search and seizure. It requires police to have a warrant and probable cause before conducting a search and/or seizing evidence.

Constitutional amendment that protects the rights of the accused. Rights included are protection against double jeopardy and self-incrimination and being able to have a grand jury determine if there is enough evidence for a trial.

Constitutional amendment that provides trial rights to citizens. Rights included are a fair, speedy and public trial and the right to legal representation.

Constitutional amendment that prohibits excessive bail and protects against cruel and unusual punishment.

Cases in which the government charges someone with a crime and is always the prosecution.

Person accused of a crime.

Retrial of a person who was acquitted in a previous trial for the same crime.

The government must follow proper procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals.

Any illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court.

A major crime punishable by imprisonment for a year or more.

Establishes that the government must provide lawyers for those criminal defendants that are too peer to afford one.

Establishes that suspects must be informed of their rights before arrest or questioning.

A minor crime that is usually punished by a fine or jail sentence of less than one year.

Establishes the right of schools to search students without a search warrant.

When a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser crime than the one with which he/she was originally charged.