Criminal Court Words or Judicial Terms +

A prosecutor who serves under another prosecutor in local or state jurisdictions; government prosecutor: Sam read in the article about an assistant state's attorney who worked as an associate and colleague with the prosecuting attorney of the state he lived in.

Government prosecutors who are subordinate to the U.S. attorney who heads the prosecutor's office for each federal district: Assistant U.S. attorneys who work in the criminal section of the U.S. Attorney's office, are frequently called federal prosecuteors.

Standards for determining whether clients are fairly and intelligently represented by their lawyers when they are charged with crimes: An attorney competence includes the necessary skills, expertise, and proficiency in juridical knowledge, thoroughness, and preparation in order to work on or deal with a case.

Senior U.S. prosecutor in each federal district court: An attorney general is the leading lawyer who can give advice to its government or its ruler.

An attorney general is the member of the President's cabinet and also heads the Justice Department.

An individual trained in the law who has received a law degree from a recognized university: An attorney is authorized to practice law in a given jurisdiction.

The Relation between a counsel and his/her client wherein any information exchanged between them will not be disclosed to others: One aspect of the attorney-client confidentiality and privilege is the trust in protecting the client and by not giving any information to the prosecutors.

Attorneys are protected from disclosing information about the clients they represent because of this privilege.

A jurisdictional law that provides for an automatic discharge of a juvenile to criminal court for processing: An automatic waiver is a legislatively prescribed directive to transfer juveniles of specified ages who have committed especially serious offenses to the jurisdiction of criminal courts.

A set of actions taken during a state of unconsciousness: When a defense is founded on automatism, it maintains that, at the time of the crime, the defendant did not have psychic awareness or volition.

An action by a prosecutor when that person comments about or mentions information that is otherwise inadmissible in court: Such remarks are usually made in front of a jury for their emotional and persuasive effects, which are otherwise barred because of the inadmissibility of such so called backdooring hearsay evidence.

An accumulation of lawsuits or disputes that have not yet been tended to or processed: A backlogis a number of impending cases that exceed the court's capacity which cannot be acted upon because the court is occupied in dealing with other cases.

Surety provided by defendants or others to guarantee their subsequent appearance in court to face criminal charges: Such bails are available to anyone entitled to it, however not everyone is entitled to bail. It is denied when suspects are considered dangerous or likely to flee.

A written guarantee, often accompanied by money or other securities, that the person charged with an offense will remain within the court's jurisdiction to face trial at sometime in the future: A bail bond is an obligation provided by a prisoner and his guarantor to insure the prisoner to appear at court for trial at the specified time.

Any organization established for the purpose of posting bail for criminal suspects: Bail bond companies are agencies that are almost uniquely found in the U.S.A. because the usual procedure of bail bonding is illegal in most other countries.

An individual who is in the business of posting bail for criminal suspects: A bail bondsman is a person who usually charges a percentage of whatever bail has been set.

Someone who works to take into custody a fugitive or one who has jumped bail by fleeing the jurisdiction before a trial takes place: A bail recovery agent can also seek to recover the amount of bail from a fugitive fleeing from justice.