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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
3 level of security associated with prisons
Real evidence
Roper v. Simmons
6th Amendment
2. Investigation into the history of the person convicted of a crime to see if tehere are an extenuating circumstances which would ameliorate or increase sentence
Presentence investigation
Real evidence
Santobello Vs. New York
restitution
3. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Gregg V. Georgia
'Discover'
Pre-sentence report
Parole
4. Officers of the probation office of a court. Probation officer duties include conducting presentence investigations - preparing presentence reports on convicted defendants - and supervising released defendants.
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Probation officer
Against Plea bargaining:
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
5. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Terroism threat levels
Court apointed council
6. 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
Balancing test
Arraignment
Payne V. Tennessee
5th Amendment
7. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Habeus corpus
Criminal Complaint
Bailiff
Morissey v. Brewer
8. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Balancing test
No lo contendre
direct evidence
Explain the difference between probation and parole
9. Decides guilt or innocence
Trial Jury
'Discover'
Santobello Vs. New York
Real evidence
10. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Voir Dire
indeterminate sentencing
Challenges to the array
Explain the difference between probation and parole
11. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Stack Vs. Boyle
Plea Bargain
Morissey v. Brewer
Aggravated Circumstances
12. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Cause challenges:
Gregg V. Georgia
Voir Dire
Bailiff
13. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Challenges to the array
indeterminate sentencing
Rules of evidence
14. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
Parole
Real evidence
direct evidence
Challenges to the array
15. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Santobello Vs. New York
Trial Proceedures
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Lockyer v. Andrade:
16. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
Restitution
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Gregg V. Georgia
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
17. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
3 level of security associated with prisons
Atkins v. Virginia
Domestic terrorism
aggravating circumstances
18. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
victim impact statements
Terrorism- Causes:
Recidivism:
Santobello Vs. New York
19. Full time- salaried
public defender
The man known as the first probation officer?
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Against Plea bargaining:
20. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Parole
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
direct evidence
Rules of evidence
21. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Small Courts Claim
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Trial Jury
Parole
22. 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.
The man known as the first probation officer?
Procunier vs. Martinez
Cause challenges:
Court Clerk
23. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
baston v. kentucky
Preliminary Hearing
Court Clerk
mitigating circumstances
24. Review court
Defense Attorney
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Terrorism- Causes:
Payne V. Tennessee
25. 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
Explain the difference between probation and parole
aggravating circumstances
restitution
In Re Gault
26. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Restitution
Homeland security
Gregg V. Georgia
Wolff v. McDaniel
27. Things that add on to sentencing
Enhancement
Runs juvenile hall
Defense Attorney
Gregg V. Georgia
28. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Bailiff
contract attorneys
Defense Attorney
Mitigating Circumstances
29. A goal of criminal sentencing that attempts to make the victim whole again. a court requirement that an accused or convicted offender pay money or provide services to the victim of the cimre or provie services to the community
restitution
Challenges to the array
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Payne V. Tennessee
30. Prisoners challenged the constitutionality of state regulations covering censorship of prisoner mail on the grounds that they violated the prisoners free-speech rights. REstrictions on speech must be justified as the necessity for security and the ru
Procunier vs. Martinez
7th Amendment
Probation
3 level of security associated with prisons
31. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Pre-sentence report
Judge
Intermediate sentencing
Small Courts Claim
32. Least used
Enhancement
Venue
contract attorneys
5th Amendment
33. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Small Courts Claim
Restitution
Explain the difference between probation and parole
34. 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.
Prisoner rights:
restitution
Parens patriae
The man known as the first probation officer?
35. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Voir Dire
Intermediate sentencing
Lockyer v. Andrade:
victim impact statements
36. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
USA Patriot Act
Procunier vs. Martinez
Discovery:
'Discover'
37. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prosecutor
Runs juvenile hall
contract attorneys
aggravating circumstances
38. Held that when a juvenile is charged with an act taht would be a crime if committed by an adult - every element of the offense must be proved beyond reasonable doubt
indeterminate sentencing
In Re Winship
Terroism threat levels
public defender
39. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Terrorism- Causes:
mitigating circumstances
Pre-sentence report
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
40. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence
Parolve v. probation
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
direct evidence
Preliminary Hearing
41. (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
Bailiff
support for plea bargaining:
Parole
Pre-sentence report
42. Probation
Cause challenges:
Venue
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Runs juvenile hall
43. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
In Re Gault
Prosecutor
Payne V. Tennessee
44. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Santobello Vs. New York
Real evidence
3 level of security associated with prisons
Preliminary Hearing
45. 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
Against Plea bargaining:
In Re Winship
'Discover'
46. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Mitigating Circumstances
contract attorneys
Terroism threat levels
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
47. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
3 level of security associated with prisons
Court Clerk
Voir Dire
Prosecutor
48. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Domestic terrorism
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Goals of punishment
The man known as the first probation officer?
49. Fee based on state rate
Court apointed council
Plea Bargain
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Aggravated Circumstances
50. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
3 level of security associated with prisons
Suspended sentence
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Trial Jury