CCJ 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Eyewitness Testimony, Jury Trial, Magnetic Storage
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Chapter 10 pretrial activities and the criminal trial: adversial system: the two-sided structure under which american criminal trial courts operate; pits the prosecution against the defense. Eyewitness testimony and videotaped documentation account for the majority of all direct evidence heard in the criminal courtroom: evidence: anything useful to a judge or jury in deciding the facts of a case. Evidence may take the form of witness testimony, written documents, videotapes, magnetic media, photographs, physical objects, etc. 10. first appearance: an appearance before a magistr ate during which the legality of the defendant is informed of the charges on which he or she is being held. At this stage in the criminal justice process, bail may be set or pretrial release arranged. 11. hearsay: something not based on the personal knowledge of a witness; witnesses who testify about something they have heard, for example, are offering hearsay by repeating information about a matter of which they have no direct knowledge.
