Exam 10: The Criminal Trial

When the jury comes back with a vote for acquittal and the case evidence clearly points to the defendant's guilt, this is known as

Evidence tending to make a fact in question more or less probable than it would be without the evidence is called .

In which case did the U.S.Supreme Court hold that the prosecutorial tactic of citing a defendant's refusal to testify as an indicator of the defendant's guilt effectively invalidates the defendant's Fifth Amendment right to remain silent?

Jury occurs when jurors acquit a defendant despite significant evidence of guilt.

The level of proof needed for a criminal conviction is .

A jury is one whose members are irreconcilably divided.

The notoriety of the case stemmed from what factor?

is the term used to describe an order that requires correctional officials to bring an inmate before a court or a judge and explain why he/she is being held in prison.

The Constitutional guarantee of a trial by an impartial jury is found in which amendment?

What type of evidence is offered to establish,by inference,the likelihood of a fact that is in question?