GUILTY or NOT?

GUILTY or NOT? / Glossary

Legal glossary

indictment

A formal charge issued by a grand jury stating there is sufficient evidence to try someone for a serious crime.

Cases that turn on it

The 4 real court cases in the library whose brief uses this term. Read the facts, then decide — the verdict stays in the game.

• The Order Form 1922 United States v. Balint — Selling Narcotics Without the Required Order Form (Narcotic Act of 1914)
• The Delaware Avenue Crash 1956 People v. Decina — Criminal Negligence in Operation of a Motor Vehicle Resulting in Death
• The Brothers' Farm 1946 Pinkerton v. United States — Conspiracy to Violate the Internal Revenue Code; Substantive Tax Violations (Illegal Whiskey)
• The Wired Co-Defendant 1964 Massiah v. United States — Federal Drug Trafficking

See also: The process

• felony
• misdemeanor
• arraignment
• plea bargain
• voir dire
• bench trial
• acquittal
• double jeopardy
• habeas corpus
• due process
• rico

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