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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Hudson v. Palmer
Defense Attorney
Aggravated Circumstances
Trial Jury
2. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
6th Amendment
restitution
Intermediate sentencing
victim impact statements
3. A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she becomes delinquent - is abandoned or is need of care taht the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide
Determinate sentencing
Parens patriae
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Rules of evidence
4. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Grand Jury
USA Patriot Act
Prisoner rights:
5. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Court Clerk
Morissey v. Brewer
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
6. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Voir Dire
Bailiff
7. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Restitution
Morissey v. Brewer
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
6th Amendment
8. The act of a person repeating of an undesirable behavior after thay have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior.
No lo contendre
Challenge for Cause
Court apointed council
Recidivism:
9. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Pre-sentence report
baston v. kentucky
7th Amendment
Real evidence
10. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Trial Jury
Suspended sentence
Grand Jury
Real evidence
11. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
support for plea bargaining:
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Voir Dire
Pre-sentence report
12. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Runs juvenile hall
Goals of punishment
Discovery:
Parens patriae
13. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
No lo contendre
Rules of evidence
14. Retain 1st amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner- have rights - much the same as people who are not incarcerated. Conditional rather than absolute rights. The balancing test.
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Prisoner rights:
Atkins v. Virginia
Court apointed council
15. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
'Discover'
support for plea bargaining:
Trial Proceedures
indeterminate sentencing
16. Criminals recieve lighter/easier punishments- nota true sentence- endangers the correct legal outcome. It's coercion- bluffing- violation of human rights- prosecutors bluff and defendants plead to things they didn't do out of fear
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Against Plea bargaining:
aggravating circumstances
Indictment
17. An officer appointed by the judges of the court to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court - maintain court records - handle financial matters - and provide other administrative support to the court.
Court Clerk
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Parolve v. probation
Wolff v. McDaniel
18. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Preliminary Hearing
Morissey v. Brewer
mitigating circumstances
Terrorism- Causes:
19. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
Probation
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Against Plea bargaining:
20. Fee based on state rate
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Court apointed council
Atkins v. Virginia
Real evidence
21. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Criminal Complaint
3 level of security associated with prisons
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Domestic terrorism
22. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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23. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Goals of punishment
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
direct evidence
Grand Jury
24. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Challenges to the array
Prisoner rights:
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Homeland security
25. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Santobello Vs. New York
Small Courts Claim
Gregg V. Georgia
6th Amendment
26. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Cause challenges:
Atkins v. Virginia
The man known as the first probation officer?
Probation officer
27. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Terroism threat levels
Habeus corpus
Payne V. Tennessee
28. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Habeus corpus
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Hudson v. Palmer
29. The lawyer representing the defendant
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Defense Attorney
Challenges to the array
Real evidence
30. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Payne V. Tennessee
Terrorism- Causes:
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
31. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Forfeiture laws
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Parens patriae
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
32. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
public defender
determinate sentencing
Trial Proceedures
Goals of punishment
33. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Balancing test
Venue
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Homeland security
34. Probation
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Runs juvenile hall
Bailiff
35. Review court
Court Jurisdiction
Stack Vs. Boyle
Prisoner rights:
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
36. A writ whcih requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. This ensure that a prisoner can be released form unlawful detention.
How does an individual become a federal judge
In Re Winship
Parole
Habeus corpus
37. (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Santobello Vs. New York
Parole
Suspended sentence
38. A legal term for judges delaying of the sentence after they have been found guilty - in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation
baston v. kentucky
Suspended sentence
Criminal Complaint
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
39. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
Runs juvenile hall
Real evidence
Habeus corpus
Enhancement
40. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Forfeiture laws
Voir Dire
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
41. Held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults - such as the right to timely notification of the cahrges - the right to confront witnesses - the right against self-incr
In Re Gault
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Morissey v. Brewer
42. A model of criminal punishment in which an offender is given a fixed term of imprisonment that they may be reduced by good time or gain taim. all offendors convicted of the same crime will reciee the same punishment
determinate sentencing
public defender
Real evidence
3 level of security associated with prisons
43. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Aggravated Circumstances
Small Courts Claim
Defense Attorney
Judge
44. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Preliminary Hearing
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Presentence investigation
Explain the difference between probation and parole
45. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Arraignment
public defender
Trial Proceedures
46. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
In Re Winship
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
6th Amendment
47. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
Court Clerk
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
No lo contendre
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
48. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Rules of evidence
Determinate sentencing
In Re Winship
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
49. A principle developed by the courts and applied to the corrections arena by pell v. procunier that attempts to weigh the rights of an individual as guaranteed by the Constituion - against the authority of states of make laws or to otherwise restrict
circunstancial evidence
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Parens patriae
Balancing test
50. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
Rules of evidence
direct evidence
6th Amendment
Balancing test