Criminal Trial Fill-In-The-Blank Story
Word Bank (use each word only ONCE!)
Appeal, Ball, Booked, Case, Cross Examine, Defense, Dismissed, Evidence,
Guilty, Impaneled, Lawyer, Lesser Charge, Judge, Jurors, Jury, Mug Shot, Not
Guilty, Plea, Plea Bargaining, Probation, Prosecution, Public Defender,
Questioned, Suppect, Testimony, Trial, Unanimously, Verdict, Witnesses
The Sure-Go gasoline station was robbed on February 10th, Sam Smith was
arrested as a Suspect
in the armed robbery on February 12th, Smith
was later taken to the police station,
on the charge of
armed robbery and required to take a photograph known as a
On February 13th a criminal court
at $10,000. He was unable to pay this and
Smith's hearing was
judge set Smith's Bail
had to remain in jail until his
February 14th, Smith was brought before the judge where he was given a
because he could not afford one.
Smith's lawyer told him that if he would plead guilty to a
he might be able to get him five years
Smith refused to agree to any form of
Smith was asked to enter a
Smith stated that he was
of the charge. His trial date was set for
April 1". On the first day of the trial, both the prosecuting and defense lawyers
potential
Smith's
had uneasy feelings about two people and had them
Finally a jury was
. First the
presented their case. They called on
to present sworn
The
was allowed to
the witnesses. The defense then
and the prosecution was allowed to cross
presented their
examine their witnesses as well.
After all the
was
presented, the
instructed the
on how
to reach a decision. A few hours later the jury returned with a
They.
agreed that Smith was
Both Smith and his lawyer felt that the trial was unfair
the decision.
and they plan to the decision