GA's Trial Courts - Superior, State, Juvenile, Magistrate, & Probate, Sentence - Punishment, Plaintiff - Victim, Criminal case example - A bank teller is threatened and then the bank is robbed, Booking - After arrest, this is when an arrest report is completed., Deliberate - When the jury discusses the case and reaches a decision about guilt or innocence, Arraignment - When the defendant is allowed to plead guilty or not guilty, Preliminary Hearing - When the judge determines if there is enough probable cause to continue holding the suspect in jail, Civil case  - No crime has been committed...only wrongdoing, Indictment - When a suspect is officially charged with a crime, Civil case example - A tree falls on a neighbors house and they want to sue for damages, GA's Appellate Courts - Supreme & Court of Appeals, Initial Appearance - 1st time a suspect goes before a judge; judge will set or deny bail, Defendent - Person accused of a crime, Judicial Branch - Interprets laws , Criminal case - When the law has been broken,

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