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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Defense Attorney
Discovery:
In Re Gault
Pre-sentence report
2. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Arraignment
restitution
Cruz v. beto
support for plea bargaining:
3. 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
In Re Winship
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Terrorism- Causes:
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
4. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Morissey v. Brewer
restitution
Challenges to the array
5. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Gregg V. Georgia
Aggravated Circumstances
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Stack Vs. Boyle
6. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Explain the difference between probation and parole
7. 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
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
victim impact statements
Criminal Complaint
Domestic terrorism
8. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Suspended sentence
Trial Proceedures
Enhancement
3 level of security associated with prisons
9. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
Intermediate sentencing
'Discover'
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Trial Jury
10. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
direct evidence
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Domestic terrorism
Pre-sentence report
11. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
3 level of security associated with prisons
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
'Discover'
Peremptory Challenges:
12. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Santobello Vs. New York
Grand Jury
Probation
Wolff v. McDaniel
13. 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
direct evidence
Domestic terrorism
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
restitution
14. 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.
5th Amendment
The man known as the first probation officer?
Forfeiture laws
Indictment
15. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Parolve v. probation
Roper v. Simmons
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Morissey v. Brewer
16. Review court
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Terrorism- Causes:
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
17. Geographic area of the court
Trial Proceedures
Pre-sentence report
6th Amendment
Venue
18. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Presentence investigation
Gregg V. Georgia
Homeland security
Restitution
19. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Defense Attorney
Cause challenges:
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
20. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Prosecutor
Wolff v. McDaniel
3 level of security associated with prisons
Bailiff
21. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
determinate sentencing
Stack Vs. Boyle
Court Jurisdiction
Habeus corpus
22. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Restitution
baston v. kentucky
Determinate sentencing
Bailiff
23. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Terroism threat levels
Preliminary Hearing
restitution
Real evidence
24. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender
Probation
Grand Jury
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Intermediate sentencing
25. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Trial Proceedures
Trial Jury
Indictment
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
26. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
'Discover'
7th Amendment
Bailiff
6th Amendment
27. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Plea Bargain
Aggravated Circumstances
Balancing test
Venue
28. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
circunstancial evidence
Procunier vs. Martinez
determinate sentencing
29. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence
Prisoner rights:
Intermediate sentencing
Parolve v. probation
direct evidence
30. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Real evidence
Stack Vs. Boyle
Wolff v. McDaniel
31. Nominated by the President
5th Amendment
Recidivism:
Rules of evidence
How does an individual become a federal judge
32. Decides guilt or innocence
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Recidivism:
Trial Jury
Probation
33. 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
USA Patriot Act
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Balancing test
34. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Hudson v. Palmer
Gregg V. Georgia
Restitution
Voir Dire
35. 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:
Roper v. Simmons
Grand Jury
support for plea bargaining:
36. 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
support for plea bargaining:
Parolve v. probation
Determinate sentencing
Venue
37. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Hudson v. Palmer
Parolve v. probation
Determinate sentencing
Restitution
38. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Santobello Vs. New York
Voir Dire
Intermediate sentencing
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
39. Jury trial in civil cases
Cruz v. beto
No lo contendre
7th Amendment
Balancing test
40. 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
Aggravated Circumstances
Parens patriae
Cause challenges:
Procunier vs. Martinez
41. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Restitution
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Explain the difference between probation and parole
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
42. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership
Habeus corpus
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
USA Patriot Act
Terrorism- Causes:
43. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Roper v. Simmons
circunstancial evidence
Grand Jury
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
44. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Challenge for Cause
Pre-sentence report
Real evidence
indeterminate sentencing
45. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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46. 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
3 level of security associated with prisons
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Peremptory Challenges:
Trial Jury
47. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Court Jurisdiction
Rules of evidence
mitigating circumstances
48. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Stack Vs. Boyle
3 level of security associated with prisons
Small Courts Claim
Challenges to the array
49. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Peremptory Challenges:
'Discover'
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Santobello Vs. New York
50. Fee based on state rate
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Court apointed council
Restitution
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
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