THE TYPES OF COURT CASES

CIVIL CASES

• The 7Th amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees you the right to sue someone.
• Though the U.S. Constitution gives everyone a right to have an already of a crime.
• There is so no such guarantee in civil rights.

FACTS

• When attorneys help someone for free by donating their time.
• In a civil suit the person bringing the cases against another party

CRIMINAL CASES

• The defendant in a criminal case in the person being accused of committing a crime
• At the U.S. District court level, the government is represented by the U.S. Attorney

FACTS

• Anyone accused of a federal has a right to be assisted by a Lower for every step of the process
• In many cases ,the appointed attorney will be form the federal public defenders office

CIVIL VOCAB

• Civil law suit-is a civil action brought in a court of law in a which a plaintiff
• Defendant-is primarily used to refer to a lawyer appointed to represent to refer
• Plaintiff-also know as a claimant or complained is the term used in some jurisdictions
• Pro bono-for the public good

CRIMINAL VOCAB

• Pro se-is a Latin phrase meaning for oneself or on ones behalf
• Defendant-is primarily used to refer to a lawyer appointed to represent people
• Prosecuting attorney-prosecutors are typically lawyers who possess a law degree