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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Prosecutor
Domestic terrorism
Criminal Complaint
Indictment
2. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Gregg V. Georgia
circunstancial evidence
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
3. The right to challenge a potential juror without discling the reason for the challenge. Used to eliminate juries individuals who although they express no bias are thought to be capable of swaying the jury in an undesirable way
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Judge
Peremptory Challenges:
Gregg V. Georgia
4. 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
Enhancement
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Balancing test
Domestic terrorism
5. 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
restitution
Against Plea bargaining:
Aggravated Circumstances
Habeus corpus
6. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence
Parolve v. probation
Court Clerk
No lo contendre
baston v. kentucky
7. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Real evidence
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Aggravated Circumstances
Cause challenges:
8. Geographic area of the court
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Venue
Court Clerk
victim impact statements
9. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Parolve v. probation
Indictment
Gregg V. Georgia
Explain the difference between probation and parole
10. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Intermediate sentencing
Pre-sentence report
restitution
aggravating circumstances
11. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prisoner rights:
Prosecutor
'Discover'
How does an individual become a federal judge
12. Made victim impact statements legal
'Discover'
Payne V. Tennessee
Mitigating Circumstances
Hudson v. Palmer
13. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Enhancement
Gregg V. Georgia
Real evidence
Indictment
14. 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.
Challenges to the array
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Pre-sentence report
Restitution
15. 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
Suspended sentence
Roper v. Simmons
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
In Re Gault
16. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
No lo contendre
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Morissey v. Brewer
Roper v. Simmons
17. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Trial Proceedures
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
How does an individual become a federal judge
Parole
18. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Voir Dire
Parole
Terrorism- Causes:
Bailiff
19. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Presentence investigation
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Real evidence
Grand Jury
20. Decides guilt or innocence
Trial Jury
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Determinate sentencing
Probation
21. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Habeus corpus
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
5th Amendment
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
22. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Prisoner rights:
Challenges to the array
Santobello Vs. New York
Court apointed council
23. 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
Mitigating Circumstances
Presentence investigation
Runs juvenile hall
Discovery:
24. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Mitigating Circumstances
Court Jurisdiction
Small Courts Claim
Terrorism- Causes:
25. Things that add on to sentencing
Enhancement
Balancing test
victim impact statements
Court apointed council
26. Fee based on state rate
Prosecutor
Court apointed council
Determinate sentencing
In Re Winship
27. Probation
Runs juvenile hall
5th Amendment
Intermediate sentencing
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
28. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Aggravated Circumstances
Habeus corpus
Pre-sentence report
Criminal Complaint
29. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Domestic terrorism
Rules of evidence
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Small Courts Claim
30. Grand Jury
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
5th Amendment
In Re Winship
31. A fedral law enacted in response to terrorist attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon on September 11 -2001. The law officially titled the Uniting and Strengthening America by providing Appropriate Tools Required to intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act -
Real evidence
USA Patriot Act
Homeland security
Atkins v. Virginia
32. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Determinate sentencing
Homeland security
Presentence investigation
List three ways a person can be released from jail
33. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Court apointed council
Stack Vs. Boyle
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Gregg V. Georgia
34. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Bailiff
Challenges to the array
victim impact statements
Intermediate sentencing
35. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Habeus corpus
Wolff v. McDaniel
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
36. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Small Courts Claim
Court apointed council
Aggravated Circumstances
37. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Cause challenges:
support for plea bargaining:
38. (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
Enhancement
Recidivism:
Hudson v. Palmer
Parole
39. Review court
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Domestic terrorism
Restitution
How does an individual become a federal judge
40. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Mitigating Circumstances
Balancing test
Terrorism- Causes:
support for plea bargaining:
41. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Suspended sentence
Restitution
Criminal Complaint
Venue
42. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Preliminary Hearing
Terroism threat levels
circunstancial evidence
Forfeiture laws
43. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Trial Proceedures
Cause challenges:
USA Patriot Act
Roper v. Simmons
44. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
USA Patriot Act
Small Courts Claim
Determinate sentencing
No lo contendre
45. 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
Suspended sentence
Plea Bargain
Probation officer
Stack Vs. Boyle
46. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Indictment
Judge
Roper v. Simmons
In Re Winship
47. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Probation
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Pre-sentence report
Voir Dire
48. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
3 level of security associated with prisons
Real evidence
Atkins v. Virginia
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
49. The authorized seizure of money - negotiable instruments - securities - or other things of value. Under federal antidrug laws - judicial representatives are authorized to seize all cash and goods.
Court Clerk
Probation officer
Forfeiture laws
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
50. 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.
Hudson v. Palmer
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Prisoner rights:
Enhancement