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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Indictment
No lo contendre
aggravating circumstances
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
2. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Wolff v. McDaniel
Atkins v. Virginia
Parens patriae
aggravating circumstances
3. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Bailiff
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Cruz v. beto
No lo contendre
4. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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5. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
6th Amendment
5th Amendment
Roper v. Simmons
No lo contendre
6. 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
determinate sentencing
USA Patriot Act
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Rules of evidence
7. Made victim impact statements legal
Court apointed council
Payne V. Tennessee
'Discover'
Trial Jury
8. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Discovery:
Probation officer
Parolve v. probation
support for plea bargaining:
9. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Grand Jury
Homeland security
Arraignment
10. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Goals of punishment
Arraignment
11. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Grand Jury
Recidivism:
Homeland security
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
12. Fee based on state rate
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Suspended sentence
Court apointed council
6th Amendment
13. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Suspended sentence
No lo contendre
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Trial Jury
14. 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
Court apointed council
In Re Winship
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Presentence investigation
15. 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
Cruz v. beto
Aggravated Circumstances
Runs juvenile hall
In Re Winship
16. 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
support for plea bargaining:
Homeland security
In Re Gault
Court Jurisdiction
17. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Court Clerk
Homeland security
Hudson v. Palmer
Court apointed council
18. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Bailiff
Presentence investigation
Rules of evidence
Judge
19. 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
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Against Plea bargaining:
Procunier vs. Martinez
Aggravated Circumstances
20. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
'Discover'
direct evidence
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Stack Vs. Boyle
21. 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.
Discovery:
public defender
Forfeiture laws
Criminal Complaint
22. The lawyer representing the defendant
Probation officer
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Defense Attorney
Voir Dire
23. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Intermediate sentencing
support for plea bargaining:
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
In Re Gault
24. 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
Peremptory Challenges:
aggravating circumstances
Small Courts Claim
25. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Indictment
Defense Attorney
Court Jurisdiction
Cause challenges:
26. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender
Parolve v. probation
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Goals of punishment
27. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Santobello Vs. New York
Presentence investigation
Trial Proceedures
Hudson v. Palmer
28. Jury trial in civil cases
Trial Proceedures
Wolff v. McDaniel
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
7th Amendment
29. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
3 level of security associated with prisons
Terrorism- Causes:
Enhancement
Balancing test
30. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
USA Patriot Act
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Grand Jury
circunstancial evidence
31. 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.
Parolve v. probation
Suspended sentence
Court Clerk
support for plea bargaining:
32. 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:
Procunier vs. Martinez
Determinate sentencing
direct evidence
33. (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
Cruz v. beto
Parole
3 level of security associated with prisons
Trial Jury
34. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Restitution
Santobello Vs. New York
Judge
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.
3 level of security associated with prisons
Recidivism:
7th Amendment
How does an individual become a federal judge
36. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
determinate sentencing
Presentence investigation
direct evidence
Indictment
37. 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
restitution
contract attorneys
Procunier vs. Martinez
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
38. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Challenge for Cause
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
39. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Probation
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Forfeiture laws
40. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
contract attorneys
indeterminate sentencing
Mitigating Circumstances
Suspended sentence
41. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Peremptory Challenges:
Goals of punishment
No lo contendre
42. 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
7th Amendment
'Discover'
support for plea bargaining:
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
43. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Balancing test
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Terroism threat levels
victim impact statements
44. 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.
Intermediate sentencing
Hudson v. Palmer
Court apointed council
Pre-sentence report
45. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
circunstancial evidence
Determinate sentencing
Santobello Vs. New York
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
46. Grand Jury
In Re Winship
5th Amendment
Restitution
Court Jurisdiction
47. Probation
Habeus corpus
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
5th Amendment
Runs juvenile hall
48. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Challenges to the array
Intermediate sentencing
contract attorneys
Indictment
49. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
3 level of security associated with prisons
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Small Courts Claim
public defender
50. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Hudson v. Palmer
Criminal Complaint
Enhancement
Gideon Vs. Wainwright: