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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Bailiff
The man known as the first probation officer?
Probation
Hudson v. Palmer
2. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Parolve v. probation
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Terrorism- Causes:
Payne V. Tennessee
3. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Probation
Intermediate sentencing
Domestic terrorism
Parolve v. probation
4. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Challenge for Cause
Discovery:
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Judge
5. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Indictment
Plea Bargain
public defender
Challenge for Cause
6. 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
direct evidence
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Homeland security
Cruz v. beto
7. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Pre-sentence report
Runs juvenile hall
Against Plea bargaining:
8. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Procunier vs. Martinez
Preliminary Hearing
Homeland security
Intermediate sentencing
9. Full time- salaried
Santobello Vs. New York
Suspended sentence
public defender
Aggravated Circumstances
10. Fee based on state rate
Real evidence
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Court apointed council
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
11. 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
5th Amendment
Presentence investigation
Homeland security
Discovery:
12. Review court
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Court Clerk
List three ways a person can be released from jail
In Re Winship
13. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Preliminary Hearing
Arraignment
Atkins v. Virginia
Santobello Vs. New York
14. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
Payne V. Tennessee
indeterminate sentencing
Determinate sentencing
15. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Parolve v. probation
circunstancial evidence
aggravating circumstances
Probation
16. Decides guilt or innocence
Cause challenges:
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Determinate sentencing
Trial Jury
17. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
6th Amendment
Criminal Complaint
Trial Proceedures
Small Courts Claim
18. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Trial Proceedures
In Re Gault
mitigating circumstances
Peremptory Challenges:
19. The lawyer representing the defendant
Forfeiture laws
Defense Attorney
mitigating circumstances
Terroism threat levels
20. Less courts - less judges - prompt and final disposition of most cases - reduces time/cost in jail - reduces time spent free on bail- dangerous - serious offenders move more quickly into rehab - counseling - etc. - assures that the guilty will not be
Balancing test
Recidivism:
Procunier vs. Martinez
support for plea bargaining:
21. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Probation officer
direct evidence
In Re Winship
22. Least used
contract attorneys
Enhancement
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Court Clerk
23. Geographic area of the court
Venue
Roper v. Simmons
Suspended sentence
Wolff v. McDaniel
24. Things that add on to sentencing
Enhancement
Stack Vs. Boyle
Mitigating Circumstances
7th Amendment
25. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Atkins v. Virginia
Prosecutor
7th Amendment
26. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
How does an individual become a federal judge
Habeus corpus
Aggravated Circumstances
Judge
27. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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28. 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
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Discovery:
Forfeiture laws
Parens patriae
29. (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
Restitution
Suspended sentence
Parole
Venue
30. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Roper v. Simmons
Enhancement
No lo contendre
Rules of evidence
31. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Gregg V. Georgia
Peremptory Challenges:
Judge
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
32. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Challenges to the array
Suspended sentence
Forfeiture laws
In Re Winship
33. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Atkins v. Virginia
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Wolff v. McDaniel
34. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Payne V. Tennessee
Terroism threat levels
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
In Re Gault
35. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
Court apointed council
Terroism threat levels
In Re Gault
List three ways a person can be released from jail
36. 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
Judge
Stack Vs. Boyle
In Re Gault
Indictment
37. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
indeterminate sentencing
victim impact statements
Arraignment
public defender
38. 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.
Wolff v. McDaniel
Probation officer
Cruz v. beto
Terroism threat levels
39. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Gregg V. Georgia
aggravating circumstances
Habeus corpus
Roper v. Simmons
40. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
aggravating circumstances
Criminal Complaint
Indictment
Prosecutor
41. 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.
Parole
Parolve v. probation
Parens patriae
Recidivism:
42. Probation
Court Clerk
Runs juvenile hall
mitigating circumstances
Probation officer
43. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Criminal Complaint
aggravating circumstances
Roper v. Simmons
Suspended sentence
44. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Terroism threat levels
Grand Jury
6th Amendment
Santobello Vs. New York
45. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
In Re Gault
Prosecutor
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Real evidence
46. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
indeterminate sentencing
direct evidence
Morissey v. Brewer
Goals of punishment
47. 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.
Atkins v. Virginia
Domestic terrorism
Court Clerk
Forfeiture laws
48. 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
Goals of punishment
Real evidence
restitution
Aggravated Circumstances
49. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Court Jurisdiction
Prosecutor
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
victim impact statements
50. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
victim impact statements
Homeland security
In Re Winship
Court Jurisdiction