UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA

UNIVERSITY CENTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER

SPECIALIZED ENGLISH: LEGAL 1

TEACHER: MR. DIEGO MEDINA
STUDENT: LUEVANO VILLA CÉSAR ALEJANDRO
UNIT 9: COURT PROCESS
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Mistrial

1. The judge ruled a mistrial and cited the prosecutors for outrageous
misconduct.
2. The judge said he would declare a mistrial if the jury did not reach its verdict
today.

Plea bargain

1. A plea bargain was offered by the state assuring her that she would not go
to prison.
2. He reached a plea bargain with the authorities.

Arraignment

1. The community was relieved when the gang members were arrested and
brought in for an arraignment. 
2. Ken’s trial for his arraignment was set for next week in the hopes that he
would plead guilty of the crime

Sentence

1. A sentence is ordered by the judge, based on the verdict of the jury

2. For misdemeanors the maximum sentence is usually one year in county jail.

Hung Jury

1. Broderick's first trial last year ended in a hung jury.

2. The Chengs' trial ended in a hung jury last April.

Discovery

1. Discovery devices narrow the issues of a lawsuit, obtain evidence not

readily accessible to the applicant for use at trial, and ascertain the
existence of information that might be introduced as evidence at trial.
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2. Discovery is not automatically denied if an applicant already knows the

matters for which he or she is seeking discovery since one of its purposes is
to frame a Pleading in a lawsuit.

Acquit

1. Of the eleven, two had not been brought to trial, six were acquitted, and the
remainder's case was deemed a mistrial.
2. Two members of the group were acquitted for lack of evidence.

Pre-trial hearing

1. She sifted through the pretrial hearings, jury selection, the opening
statements.
2. You will report to the Judge Advocate office at 1800 hours for a pretrial
hearing.

Suppress

1. A motion to suppress evidence is a request by a defendant that the judge

exclude certain evidence from trial. 
2. Wallace’s lawyer files a motion to suppress the cocaine evidence. 

Charge with

1. Dinwiddie was charged with simple assault and arrested 11 days later.

2. Five other men have already been charged with chemical weapons
offenses.

Prosecute

1. DNA evidence was used to prosecute the killer and lock him up for good.
2. To prosecute those responsible for the robberies, the district attorney’s
office reviewed mounds of evidence before trial.
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Shown

1. The judge will not allow all the evidence to be shown at the trial
2. The defense lawyer wants to prevent from being shown some of the
evidence