unit 2
Terms
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- Nolo contendere
- a plea in which the defendant does not admit to guilt but also does not contest the charges
- pretrial motion
- preliminary proceeding
- motion for discovery
- request by defendant to examine b4 trial certain evidence in the possession of the prosecutor
- motion for continuance
- more time
- motion to suppress evidence
- certain evidence cannot be allowed to be present
- waive
- give up their right to a jury trial and have the case heard by a judge
- subpoena
- court order asking the witness to come to court
- aggravating circumstances
- more severe punishment
- mitigating circumstance
- less severe punishment
- parens pariae
- parent of the country
- deterrence
- another reason for punishing criminals
- delinquent offenders
- youths who committed acts that would be crimes if committed by adults
- status offender
- youths who committ acts that would not be crimes if committed by adults
- intake
- court officials decide if a complaint against a juvy should be referred to juvy court
- prventive detention
- protecting the community and the juveniles from future crime consequences
- adjudicatory hearing
- determine the facts of the case a juvy charged with a delinquent act
- retribution
- primary reason for putting people in jail
- duress
- when someone does something as a result of coercion or a threat of immediate danger to life