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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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1. 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.
Aggravated Circumstances
Prisoner rights:
In Re Winship
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
2. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Court Jurisdiction
Small Courts Claim
Arraignment
No lo contendre
3. 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.
Restitution
victim impact statements
Challenge for Cause
Pre-sentence report
4. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Court Clerk
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Rules of evidence
5. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Indictment
Court Jurisdiction
Cause challenges:
Probation
6. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Probation officer
Grand Jury
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
In Re Winship
7. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
Pre-sentence report
6th Amendment
Recidivism:
determinate sentencing
8. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Probation officer
Mitigating Circumstances
Defense Attorney
Wolff v. McDaniel
9. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Determinate sentencing
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
victim impact statements
Judge
10. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Defense Attorney
Prisoner rights:
Parole
11. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
Enhancement
Forfeiture laws
Prosecutor
direct evidence
12. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
mitigating circumstances
Enhancement
Roper v. Simmons
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
13. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
victim impact statements
Stack Vs. Boyle
Court apointed council
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
14. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Plea Bargain
Trial Proceedures
direct evidence
15. Least used
contract attorneys
Pre-sentence report
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
16. 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
Voir Dire
Intermediate sentencing
restitution
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
17. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Voir Dire
Atkins v. Virginia
Court Jurisdiction
Probation officer
18. 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.
Forfeiture laws
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Parens patriae
aggravating circumstances
19. 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
Challenge for Cause
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Probation officer
Domestic terrorism
20. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Venue
Wolff v. McDaniel
Morissey v. Brewer
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
21. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Indictment
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Suspended sentence
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
22. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Judge
Probation officer
Presentence investigation
23. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
circunstancial evidence
Wolff v. McDaniel
Bailiff
24. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Restitution
Suspended sentence
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
indeterminate sentencing
25. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Parens patriae
Court Clerk
7th Amendment
mitigating circumstances
26. Nominated by the President
Determinate sentencing
How does an individual become a federal judge
public defender
Cruz v. beto
27. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Trial Proceedures
Venue
Trial Jury
Terrorism- Causes:
28. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Bailiff
Runs juvenile hall
Challenge for Cause
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
29. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
aggravating circumstances
Real evidence
5th Amendment
30. John Augustus
Balancing test
How does an individual become a federal judge
The man known as the first probation officer?
determinate sentencing
31. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Small Courts Claim
Against Plea bargaining:
USA Patriot Act
In Re Gault
32. 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
Plea Bargain
7th Amendment
Balancing test
33. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Determinate sentencing
7th Amendment
Wolff v. McDaniel
Santobello Vs. New York
34. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Stack Vs. Boyle
3 level of security associated with prisons
Gregg V. Georgia
Court Clerk
35. 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
Peremptory Challenges:
contract attorneys
Domestic terrorism
Cause challenges:
36. Jury trial in civil cases
aggravating circumstances
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
7th Amendment
Wolff v. McDaniel
37. Grand Jury
5th Amendment
victim impact statements
support for plea bargaining:
Procunier vs. Martinez
38. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Indictment
Morissey v. Brewer
Challenge for Cause
contract attorneys
39. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Trial Jury
indeterminate sentencing
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Stack Vs. Boyle
40. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Grand Jury
Forfeiture laws
Stack Vs. Boyle
Cruz v. beto
41. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Hudson v. Palmer
Morissey v. Brewer
No lo contendre
Real evidence
42. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
indeterminate sentencing
Court Clerk
7th Amendment
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
43. Review court
Against Plea bargaining:
direct evidence
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Rules of evidence
44. 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.
restitution
Challenge for Cause
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Roper v. Simmons
45. Officers of the probation office of a court. Probation officer duties include conducting presentence investigations - preparing presentence reports on convicted defendants - and supervising released defendants.
Payne V. Tennessee
Discovery:
Probation officer
Morissey v. Brewer
46. 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
Trial Jury
6th Amendment
baston v. kentucky
47. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Challenge for Cause
Stack Vs. Boyle
Goals of punishment
Mitigating Circumstances
48. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Aggravated Circumstances
Determinate sentencing
Challenges to the array
Lockyer v. Andrade:
49. Geographic area of the court
indeterminate sentencing
Mitigating Circumstances
Venue
In Re Gault
50. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Prosecutor
Court Jurisdiction
Aggravated Circumstances
Arraignment