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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
The man known as the first probation officer?
3 level of security associated with prisons
Terrorism- Causes:
No lo contendre
2. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
Roper v. Simmons
Habeus corpus
Real evidence
Cause challenges:
3. Probation
Rules of evidence
No lo contendre
Challenge for Cause
Runs juvenile hall
4. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Morissey v. Brewer
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Court apointed council
Hudson v. Palmer
5. 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
Challenge for Cause
In Re Winship
Balancing test
3 level of security associated with prisons
6. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Indictment
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Arraignment
The man known as the first probation officer?
7. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Parens patriae
Roper v. Simmons
8. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Morissey v. Brewer
Grand Jury
Court Jurisdiction
Probation officer
9. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
5th Amendment
Mitigating Circumstances
Plea Bargain
Voir Dire
10. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Court apointed council
Voir Dire
Parens patriae
Domestic terrorism
11. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
circunstancial evidence
direct evidence
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
List three ways a person can be released from jail
12. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Small Courts Claim
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Intermediate sentencing
Habeus corpus
13. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Santobello Vs. New York
Prosecutor
In Re Gault
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
14. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
Judge
Prosecutor
Procunier vs. Martinez
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
15. Made victim impact statements legal
circunstancial evidence
Plea Bargain
Pre-sentence report
Payne V. Tennessee
16. 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.
Indictment
Rules of evidence
Habeus corpus
aggravating circumstances
17. 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.
Atkins v. Virginia
USA Patriot Act
Prisoner rights:
Restitution
18. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Court Jurisdiction
Terroism threat levels
Judge
Challenge for Cause
19. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Arraignment
Wolff v. McDaniel
Court apointed council
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
20. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Indictment
Wolff v. McDaniel
mitigating circumstances
Homeland security
21. 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
Parens patriae
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Grand Jury
22. 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
'Discover'
Bailiff
Venue
23. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Domestic terrorism
Prosecutor
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
24. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Court Jurisdiction
Small Courts Claim
Cause challenges:
Prisoner rights:
25. 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
Procunier vs. Martinez
determinate sentencing
Suspended sentence
Payne V. Tennessee
26. A pre-sentence report is a legal term referring to the investigation into the history of person convicted of a crime before sentencing. Probation officer makes it.
determinate sentencing
In Re Winship
Pre-sentence report
Voir Dire
27. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
5th Amendment
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Judge
Terrorism- Causes:
28. 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
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Balancing test
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
restitution
29. Nominated by the President
Parolve v. probation
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
How does an individual become a federal judge
Trial Proceedures
30. Grand Jury
Criminal Complaint
Against Plea bargaining:
5th Amendment
Homeland security
31. Review court
Judge
Court Clerk
Gregg V. Georgia
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
32. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
6th Amendment
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Domestic terrorism
33. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
In Re Winship
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
The man known as the first probation officer?
34. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
3 level of security associated with prisons
Venue
Plea Bargain
Indictment
35. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Court Clerk
Restitution
Voir Dire
Challenges to the array
36. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Preliminary Hearing
Real evidence
support for plea bargaining:
public defender
37. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Against Plea bargaining:
Determinate sentencing
Court Jurisdiction
Trial Jury
38. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
indeterminate sentencing
Indictment
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
39. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Mitigating Circumstances
Runs juvenile hall
public defender
Homeland security
40. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Domestic terrorism
Terroism threat levels
In Re Gault
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
41. Excusing a juror from a trial for a stated - specific reason - such as the juror knows the parties or witnesses in a case. Each side has an unlimited number of challenges for cause.
Challenge for Cause
Voir Dire
Probation
Mitigating Circumstances
42. Things that add on to sentencing
Enhancement
Presentence investigation
Trial Jury
Goals of punishment
43. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Aggravated Circumstances
Probation
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
5th Amendment
44. Full time- salaried
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
The man known as the first probation officer?
public defender
Against Plea bargaining:
45. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Procunier vs. Martinez
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
In Re Gault
46. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Discovery:
Judge
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Criminal Complaint
47. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Against Plea bargaining:
In Re Winship
Rules of evidence
indeterminate sentencing
48. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
7th Amendment
Trial Jury
6th Amendment
Gregg V. Georgia
49. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
indeterminate sentencing
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Judge
mitigating circumstances
50. 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
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Preliminary Hearing
Probation officer