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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Runs juvenile hall
Criminal Complaint
Court apointed council
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
2. John Augustus
The man known as the first probation officer?
Parens patriae
Presentence investigation
3 level of security associated with prisons
3. (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
determinate sentencing
Parole
Roper v. Simmons
Probation officer
4. 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
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Cruz v. beto
Gregg V. Georgia
5. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Terroism threat levels
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Preliminary Hearing
Presentence investigation
6. Probation
Arraignment
Pre-sentence report
Runs juvenile hall
support for plea bargaining:
7. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
List three ways a person can be released from jail
support for plea bargaining:
Challenges to the array
baston v. kentucky
8. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Santobello Vs. New York
Criminal Complaint
indeterminate sentencing
Parole
9. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
direct evidence
Intermediate sentencing
mitigating circumstances
10. The unlawful use of force or violence by an individual or a group that is based and operatues entirely within the U.S. and its territories - acts without foreign direction and directs its activites agaits elements of the us government or population
Procunier vs. Martinez
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Domestic terrorism
direct evidence
11. 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.
Habeus corpus
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Domestic terrorism
Wolff v. McDaniel
12. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Parole
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Judge
13. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Aggravated Circumstances
Parolve v. probation
Recidivism:
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
14. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Mitigating Circumstances
No lo contendre
Criminal Complaint
Stack Vs. Boyle
15. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Court Clerk
Balancing test
Atkins v. Virginia
Gregg V. Georgia
16. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Challenges to the array
Plea Bargain
restitution
17. 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
Plea Bargain
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Balancing test
No lo contendre
18. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Lockyer v. Andrade:
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Atkins v. Virginia
Restitution
19. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Trial Jury
Bailiff
Discovery:
Homeland security
20. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Determinate sentencing
Venue
In Re Gault
contract attorneys
21. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Terrorism- Causes:
USA Patriot Act
Morissey v. Brewer
Grand Jury
22. 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
Defense Attorney
Plea Bargain
In Re Gault
7th Amendment
23. 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.
In Re Winship
Challenge for Cause
Lockyer v. Andrade:
5th Amendment
24. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Restitution
USA Patriot Act
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Criminal Complaint
25. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Suspended sentence
Cause challenges:
Arraignment
Parolve v. probation
26. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Indictment
Arraignment
Balancing test
Payne V. Tennessee
27. 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.
Preliminary Hearing
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Court Clerk
Forfeiture laws
28. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Santobello Vs. New York
5th Amendment
Roper v. Simmons
Plea Bargain
29. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Challenges to the array
Cruz v. beto
Stack Vs. Boyle
Defense Attorney
30. Nominated by the President
'Discover'
Challenges to the array
Forfeiture laws
How does an individual become a federal judge
31. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Probation
Judge
Prosecutor
Mitigating Circumstances
32. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Discovery:
Indictment
Trial Jury
Payne V. Tennessee
33. 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.
aggravating circumstances
Pre-sentence report
restitution
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
34. Full time- salaried
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Morissey v. Brewer
'Discover'
public defender
35. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Parens patriae
Balancing test
3 level of security associated with prisons
Plea Bargain
36. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
7th Amendment
Probation
indeterminate sentencing
Parolve v. probation
37. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Parole
Restitution
determinate sentencing
38. 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
Against Plea bargaining:
Roper v. Simmons
Cruz v. beto
Procunier vs. Martinez
39. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Rules of evidence
Habeus corpus
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Against Plea bargaining:
40. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Rules of evidence
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
victim impact statements
Domestic terrorism
41. Jury trial in civil cases
7th Amendment
indeterminate sentencing
Probation
'Discover'
42. Grand Jury
Parolve v. probation
5th Amendment
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Parole
43. 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
Judge
Parole
determinate sentencing
contract attorneys
44. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Voir Dire
victim impact statements
Judge
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
45. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Probation
Peremptory Challenges:
Rules of evidence
Santobello Vs. New York
46. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Goals of punishment
How does an individual become a federal judge
Arraignment
Court Jurisdiction
47. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
aggravating circumstances
Court Clerk
Forfeiture laws
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
48. 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.
Recidivism:
Bailiff
restitution
Domestic terrorism
49. Least used
Habeus corpus
Cause challenges:
Intermediate sentencing
contract attorneys
50. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Real evidence
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Cause challenges:
Hudson v. Palmer