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Probation officers (or pretrial services officers)
Legal services; Courts
Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
Opinion
Legal services; Courts
A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on ...
Magistrate judges
Legal services; Courts
Judicial officers who assist U. S. district judges in getting cases ready for trial, who may decide some criminal and civil trials when both parties agree to have the case heard by a magistrate ...
Hearsay
Legal services; Courts
Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
Charge to the jury
Legal services; Courts
The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
Trial jury
Legal services; Courts
A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six ...
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