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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Geographic area of the court
Determinate sentencing
Homeland security
Payne V. Tennessee
Venue
2. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Presentence investigation
Grand Jury
Prisoner rights:
Indictment
3. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
mitigating circumstances
Santobello Vs. New York
5th Amendment
Parens patriae
4. 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
Pre-sentence report
mitigating circumstances
victim impact statements
determinate sentencing
5. Fee based on state rate
Atkins v. Virginia
Real evidence
In Re Winship
Court apointed council
6. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
Terrorism- Causes:
Procunier vs. Martinez
No lo contendre
circunstancial evidence
7. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
circunstancial evidence
5th Amendment
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
8. Jury trial in civil cases
Balancing test
7th Amendment
In Re Winship
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
9. Nominated by the President
How does an individual become a federal judge
public defender
contract attorneys
Bailiff
10. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
3 level of security associated with prisons
Stack Vs. Boyle
Parole
11. Probation
Cause challenges:
The man known as the first probation officer?
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Runs juvenile hall
12. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
Atkins v. Virginia
6th Amendment
contract attorneys
No lo contendre
13. 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
Enhancement
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Peremptory Challenges:
14. A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she becomes delinquent - is abandoned or is need of care taht the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide
Discovery:
Arraignment
Trial Jury
Parens patriae
15. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
baston v. kentucky
Trial Proceedures
5th Amendment
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
16. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
In Re Winship
aggravating circumstances
Intermediate sentencing
Mitigating Circumstances
17. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
Gregg V. Georgia
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Cruz v. beto
contract attorneys
18. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Terrorism- Causes:
Parole
Goals of punishment
19. 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
'Discover'
Peremptory Challenges:
Balancing test
Hudson v. Palmer
20. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prosecutor
7th Amendment
Trial Jury
Small Courts Claim
21. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Trial Proceedures
Morissey v. Brewer
contract attorneys
Indictment
22. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Terroism threat levels
contract attorneys
aggravating circumstances
23. 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
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
support for plea bargaining:
'Discover'
Aggravated Circumstances
24. Made victim impact statements legal
Pre-sentence report
Payne V. Tennessee
Lockyer v. Andrade:
mitigating circumstances
25. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Recidivism:
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Probation
Determinate sentencing
26. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Stack Vs. Boyle
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
contract attorneys
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
27. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
In Re Winship
Wolff v. McDaniel
Challenge for Cause
28. 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
No lo contendre
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Atkins v. Virginia
29. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
The man known as the first probation officer?
Venue
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Trial Proceedures
30. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Terroism threat levels
Procunier vs. Martinez
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Plea Bargain
31. 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
'Discover'
Challenges to the array
Domestic terrorism
victim impact statements
32. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Real evidence
Prosecutor
Probation officer
indeterminate sentencing
33. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Judge
Court Jurisdiction
baston v. kentucky
Homeland security
34. 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
Court Jurisdiction
Against Plea bargaining:
Presentence investigation
Cruz v. beto
35. Least used
Hudson v. Palmer
public defender
contract attorneys
direct evidence
36. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Bailiff
5th Amendment
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Morissey v. Brewer
37. 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.
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Habeus corpus
Terrorism- Causes:
Terroism threat levels
38. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Parens patriae
Santobello Vs. New York
Aggravated Circumstances
Recidivism:
39. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
baston v. kentucky
In Re Winship
Mitigating Circumstances
Defense Attorney
40. (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
Parens patriae
Court Clerk
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Parole
41. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
Gregg V. Georgia
Explain the difference between probation and parole
baston v. kentucky
indeterminate sentencing
42. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Stack Vs. Boyle
Morissey v. Brewer
mitigating circumstances
Balancing test
43. The lawyer representing the defendant
Wolff v. McDaniel
How does an individual become a federal judge
Defense Attorney
direct evidence
44. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Morissey v. Brewer
Wolff v. McDaniel
Hudson v. Palmer
Cruz v. beto
45. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Terrorism- Causes:
Goals of punishment
Presentence investigation
victim impact statements
46. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Probation
baston v. kentucky
Homeland security
Judge
47. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Terrorism- Causes:
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Parolve v. probation
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
48. 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
Judge
Procunier vs. Martinez
Pre-sentence report
USA Patriot Act
49. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Against Plea bargaining:
Stack Vs. Boyle
Presentence investigation
50. Grand Jury
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Discovery:
Determinate sentencing
5th Amendment
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