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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. Least used
Forfeiture laws
Procunier vs. Martinez
contract attorneys
Recidivism:
2. 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
Prisoner rights:
Probation
determinate sentencing
Suspended sentence
3. Made victim impact statements legal
Payne V. Tennessee
Indictment
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
contract attorneys
4. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Procunier vs. Martinez
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Probation officer
Trial Proceedures
5. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Wolff v. McDaniel
Stack Vs. Boyle
Santobello Vs. New York
In Re Gault
6. 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
Determinate sentencing
Santobello Vs. New York
aggravating circumstances
Presentence investigation
7. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Real evidence
Judge
Arraignment
Hudson v. Palmer
8. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Gregg V. Georgia
direct evidence
Terroism threat levels
Criminal Complaint
9. 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
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
In Re Gault
mitigating circumstances
No lo contendre
10. Decides guilt or innocence
Judge
Trial Jury
Terroism threat levels
direct evidence
11. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Payne V. Tennessee
Determinate sentencing
Explain the difference between probation and parole
12. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Challenges to the array
Cruz v. beto
Atkins v. Virginia
Goals of punishment
13. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Wolff v. McDaniel
Parens patriae
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Recidivism:
14. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
support for plea bargaining:
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
victim impact statements
circunstancial evidence
15. John Augustus
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
The man known as the first probation officer?
Plea Bargain
Trial Jury
16. Probation
Runs juvenile hall
Procunier vs. Martinez
Defense Attorney
Balancing test
17. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Terroism threat levels
contract attorneys
Morissey v. Brewer
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
18. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Recidivism:
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
'Discover'
Bailiff
19. Grand Jury
5th Amendment
Intermediate sentencing
Cause challenges:
Forfeiture laws
20. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Forfeiture laws
Mitigating Circumstances
Roper v. Simmons
Domestic terrorism
21. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Real evidence
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Mitigating Circumstances
22. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Trial Proceedures
Atkins v. Virginia
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
23. 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.
Probation officer
Trial Proceedures
Parole
List three ways a person can be released from jail
24. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Wolff v. McDaniel
indeterminate sentencing
Gregg V. Georgia
Stack Vs. Boyle
25. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Small Courts Claim
Criminal Complaint
3 level of security associated with prisons
circunstancial evidence
26. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Defense Attorney
Atkins v. Virginia
Criminal Complaint
Parens patriae
27. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Goals of punishment
Forfeiture laws
direct evidence
No lo contendre
28. 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 -
Parolve v. probation
In Re Winship
USA Patriot Act
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
29. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Balancing test
contract attorneys
aggravating circumstances
30. Full time- salaried
Procunier vs. Martinez
Goals of punishment
5th Amendment
public defender
31. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Santobello Vs. New York
Forfeiture laws
Domestic terrorism
Wolff v. McDaniel
32. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Habeus corpus
3 level of security associated with prisons
Procunier vs. Martinez
mitigating circumstances
33. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender
Pre-sentence report
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Prosecutor
Small Courts Claim
34. 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:
Terroism threat levels
Voir Dire
Suspended sentence
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
6th Amendment
5th Amendment
Peremptory Challenges:
Criminal Complaint
36. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Roper v. Simmons
Prisoner rights:
Criminal Complaint
Indictment
37. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Recidivism:
indeterminate sentencing
Probation
Pre-sentence report
38. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Preliminary Hearing
Atkins v. Virginia
Cruz v. beto
Discovery:
39. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Enhancement
Judge
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
List three ways a person can be released from jail
40. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Peremptory Challenges:
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Rules of evidence
41. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Roper v. Simmons
Court Jurisdiction
Gregg V. Georgia
42. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Real evidence
Indictment
43. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
In Re Winship
Venue
Voir Dire
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
44. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
restitution
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Real evidence
Indictment
45. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Court Jurisdiction
Small Courts Claim
Wolff v. McDaniel
Roper v. Simmons
46. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
direct evidence
Judge
Probation officer
Challenge for Cause
47. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
6th Amendment
Intermediate sentencing
Challenges to the array
Lockyer v. Andrade:
48. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Habeus corpus
aggravating circumstances
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Runs juvenile hall
49. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
5th Amendment
contract attorneys
Arraignment
Aggravated Circumstances
50. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
Balancing test
direct evidence
Challenge for Cause
Preliminary Hearing