| A | B |
|---|
| Criminal Law | Social control that is enforced by courts |
| Penal Code | Criminal law under political jurisdiction |
| Tort | Violation of civil law (considered a private matter) |
| Substantive law | Body of law that defines criminal offenses and penalties |
| Procedural law | Governs the WAY that substantive laws are administered (ie: the procedure for handling it..) |
| Due Process | Right of people suspected of or charged with a crime |
| Common Law | Known as case law, based on precedents that have been set in other cases |
| Precedent | Past court decision that forms the basis for court decisions made afterwards |
| Self-incrimination | Being forced to be a witness against one self (violation of 5th Amendment) |
| Stare Decisis | Principal of using precedent to guide future cases |
| Double Jeopardy | Trying of a defendant a second time for the same crime (Not OK!) |
| warrant | Written order from the court durecting officers to search or arrest |
| Wontraband | Illegal substance or object |
| Reasonable suspicion | Standard of proof based on more than a gut feeling, must be able to articulate reason |
| Probable cause | Amt. of proof necessary for reasonable person to belive that a crime has been committed |
| Exclusionary rule | Rule that illegally searched evidence must be excluded from trials in federal courts |
| Beyond a reasonable doubt | Standard of proof necessary to find defendent guilty at trial |
