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| The procedure used to determine the facts in a juvenile case. |
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| 2. Aggravating Circumstances |
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| : Factors that tend to increase the seriousness of an offense. |
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| A hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads guilty or not guilty. |
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| The formal process of making a police record of an arrest. |
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| The death penalty putting a convicted person to death as punishment for a crime. |
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| Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. |
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| 7. Custodial Interrogation |
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| Questioning a person after he/she has been taken into custody. |
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| Are youths who have committed acts that would be crimes if committed by adult under federal, state, or local laws. |
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| The final sentence or result of a case. |
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| Biological evidence used to connect an offender conclusively to a crime. |
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| : Force or threats to make someone do something. |
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| A legal defense based on claims of mental illness or mental incapacity. |
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| Physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol or drugs. |
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| : As used in discussing search and seizure this is an argument for the use of the exclusionary rule, which emphasizes that courts should not permit law breaking by the police. |
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| 15. Mitigating Circumstances |
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| Factors that tend to lesson the seriousness of an offense. |
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| 16. Motion for a change of venue |
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| A request to change the location of a trail to avoid community hostility for the convenience of a witness or for other reasons. |
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| 17. Motion for a continuance |
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| A request to postpone a lawsuit to gain more time to prepare the case. |
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| 18. Motion for discovery of evidence |
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| A request by the defendant to examine before trail certain evidence possessed by the prosecution. |
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| 19. Motion to suppress evidence |
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| A motion filed by a criminal defense attorney asking the court to exclude any evidence that was illegally obtained from the attorney client. |
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| Property or belongings that can be moved such as cars clothing furniture and appliances. |
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| A program created by the US belt of justice designed to reduce serious crime committed by ex-offenders |
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| Giving evidence and answering questions that would tend to subject one to criminal prosecution. |
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| An illegal act that can only be committed by a juvenile. |
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