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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
baston v. kentucky
2. Least used
Gregg V. Georgia
Real evidence
contract attorneys
Real evidence
3. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Aggravated Circumstances
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Plea Bargain
4. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Trial Jury
USA Patriot Act
Indictment
Intermediate sentencing
5. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Indictment
Morissey v. Brewer
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Arraignment
6. Review court
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Aggravated Circumstances
Terroism threat levels
Probation officer
7. 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
Preliminary Hearing
Suspended sentence
Court apointed council
Arraignment
8. 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.
Preliminary Hearing
In Re Gault
Court Jurisdiction
Prisoner rights:
9. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Judge
Prosecutor
No lo contendre
victim impact statements
10. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Aggravated Circumstances
Arraignment
Rules of evidence
Cause challenges:
11. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Challenge for Cause
Defense Attorney
indeterminate sentencing
Explain the difference between probation and parole
12. Probation
Runs juvenile hall
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Mitigating Circumstances
13. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Stack Vs. Boyle
Hudson v. Palmer
In Re Winship
Court Clerk
14. 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.
Peremptory Challenges:
Probation officer
Stack Vs. Boyle
Small Courts Claim
15. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Arraignment
Trial Proceedures
Plea Bargain
Challenge for Cause
16. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
public defender
restitution
Stack Vs. Boyle
17. (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
Parole
USA Patriot Act
Grand Jury
Forfeiture laws
18. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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19. 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
direct evidence
Balancing test
baston v. kentucky
victim impact statements
20. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Restitution
Voir Dire
Parolve v. probation
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
21. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Procunier vs. Martinez
Cruz v. beto
Terroism threat levels
Indictment
22. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
USA Patriot Act
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
'Discover'
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
23. 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
determinate sentencing
In Re Gault
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Morissey v. Brewer
24. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Santobello Vs. New York
Prosecutor
Court Jurisdiction
25. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
Terrorism- Causes:
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Payne V. Tennessee
26. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Rules of evidence
baston v. kentucky
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Parolve v. probation
27. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
circunstancial evidence
How does an individual become a federal judge
Mitigating Circumstances
Terroism threat levels
28. 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
victim impact statements
In Re Winship
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Hudson v. Palmer
29. 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
Stack Vs. Boyle
Parens patriae
Peremptory Challenges:
Gregg V. Georgia
30. Geographic area of the court
Venue
Parens patriae
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Trial Jury
31. Inmates have to be given a reasonable opportunity to pursue their religious faiths - also visits can be banned is such visits constitute threats to society
Prosecutor
Cruz v. beto
Small Courts Claim
Indictment
32. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender
Wolff v. McDaniel
Grand Jury
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
aggravating circumstances
33. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Domestic terrorism
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Atkins v. Virginia
Procunier vs. Martinez
34. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
contract attorneys
Challenges to the array
How does an individual become a federal judge
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
35. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Restitution
support for plea bargaining:
Roper v. Simmons
Suspended sentence
36. Decides guilt or innocence
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Trial Jury
indeterminate sentencing
Procunier vs. Martinez
37. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Judge
restitution
Criminal Complaint
Atkins v. Virginia
38. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Probation
Payne V. Tennessee
Real evidence
39. Things that add on to sentencing
Runs juvenile hall
restitution
Enhancement
Morissey v. Brewer
40. Grand Jury
USA Patriot Act
Prosecutor
5th Amendment
victim impact statements
41. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
Grand Jury
Balancing test
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Parolve v. probation
42. 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
Small Courts Claim
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Voir Dire
43. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Voir Dire
Cruz v. beto
mitigating circumstances
Goals of punishment
44. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Challenge for Cause
Court apointed council
Stack Vs. Boyle
Cause challenges:
45. Made victim impact statements legal
Payne V. Tennessee
direct evidence
Gregg V. Georgia
circunstancial evidence
46. 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
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Morissey v. Brewer
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
restitution
47. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
aggravating circumstances
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Payne V. Tennessee
48. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Homeland security
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Venue
49. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Goals of punishment
Trial Jury
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
50. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Small Courts Claim
Wolff v. McDaniel
Real evidence
Prosecutor