Suspect - ANSWERSa person prosecutors believe may be involved in a crime
Defendant - ANSWERSan individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
Offense - ANSWERScrime, transgression, misdemeanor, felony
Criminal Code - ANSWERSmain body of criminal law and identifies acts that are con...
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Suspect - ANSWERSa person prosecutors believe may be involved in a crime
Defendant - ANSWERSan individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
Offense - ANSWERScrime, transgression, misdemeanor, felony
Criminal Code - ANSWERSmain body of criminal law and identifies acts that are considered criminal
Municipal Ordinances - ANSWERSlaws that are passed by city government
Grand Jury - ANSWERSa group of citizens that meets to decide whether people should be accused of a crime
States Attorney - ANSWERSprosecutes criminals
Circuit Court - ANSWERSA court that hears cases in several designated locations rather than a single place.
Robbery - ANSWERSTaking someone's property by threat or force
Murder - ANSWERSIntentional killing of a person
Involuntary Manslaughter - ANSWERSunintentional, resulting from conduct so reckless it causes death
Theft - ANSWERSTaking another person's possessions
Burglary - ANSWERSbreaking and entering for the purpose of committing a crime
Criminal Trespass - ANSWERSSection 3503 No intent to commit a crime.
entering someone else's property w/o permission
Public Indecency - ANSWERSexpose yourself in public to others who would be offended
Fornication - ANSWERSsexual intercourse between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman Disorderly Conduct - ANSWERSa minor offense involving disturbance of public peace and decency
Assault - ANSWERSintentional threat to physically or offensively injure another.
Attack.
Battery - ANSWERSA pounding; illegal beating.
harmful or offensive touching.
Aggravated Assault - ANSWERSAttack on a person in which the assailant inflicts serious harm or uses a deadly weapon
Aggravated Battery - ANSWERSif a deadly weapon is used or if serious bodily injury is caused.
Forgery - ANSWERSthe act of making a fake document or altering a real one with the intent to commit fraud
Deceptive Practice - ANSWERSIntent to defraud.
Knowingly causes another by deception, or threat to execute a document disposing of property.
Armed robbery - ANSWERSusing a weapon to steal
Arson - ANSWERSillegal burning of property
Aggravated Arson - ANSWERSForeseeable that human life could be endangered
Narcotics - ANSWERSspecific drugs that are obtainable only by prescription & are used
to relieve pain.
Admissible - ANSWERSallowable
Inadmissible - ANSWERSNot accepted as valid
Department of Public Health - ANSWERSprovides licensure for social workers
Department of Natural Resources - ANSWERSdeals with threats to wildlife
County Road Commission - ANSWERSMaintaining and reconstructing county roads
Fire Department - ANSWERSAn organization for preventing or extinguishing fires
Grid Search - ANSWERSofficers perform double line search, first in one direction, then parallel.
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