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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
determinate sentencing
Trial Jury
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Plea Bargain
2. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
victim impact statements
Indictment
Runs juvenile hall
3. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Prisoner rights:
support for plea bargaining:
How does an individual become a federal judge
Homeland security
4. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Grand Jury
contract attorneys
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
No lo contendre
5. 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
public defender
Against Plea bargaining:
Goals of punishment
6. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Rules of evidence
Real evidence
Grand Jury
Against Plea bargaining:
7. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
aggravating circumstances
restitution
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Indictment
8. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
restitution
The man known as the first probation officer?
7th Amendment
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
9. 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
determinate sentencing
Suspended sentence
Judge
Domestic terrorism
10. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Determinate sentencing
Homeland security
restitution
11. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Judge
Challenges to the array
Santobello Vs. New York
12. 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
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Mitigating Circumstances
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Procunier vs. Martinez
13. 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
support for plea bargaining:
Court Clerk
contract attorneys
Cruz v. beto
14. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
Preliminary Hearing
The man known as the first probation officer?
circunstancial evidence
Real evidence
15. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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16. The lawyer representing the defendant
Defense Attorney
aggravating circumstances
Cause challenges:
How does an individual become a federal judge
17. 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
Balancing test
The man known as the first probation officer?
Homeland security
Court Jurisdiction
18. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Stack Vs. Boyle
Parens patriae
Explain the difference between probation and parole
19. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Discovery:
Hudson v. Palmer
Against Plea bargaining:
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
20. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Against Plea bargaining:
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Voir Dire
Aggravated Circumstances
21. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Venue
Preliminary Hearing
indeterminate sentencing
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
22. 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
Bailiff
Arraignment
Challenges to the array
23. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Stack Vs. Boyle
Grand Jury
USA Patriot Act
Goals of punishment
24. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Presentence investigation
Probation
Roper v. Simmons
Explain the difference between probation and parole
25. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
6th Amendment
victim impact statements
public defender
26. 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.
public defender
Rules of evidence
Court Clerk
Grand Jury
27. 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
Judge
Prosecutor
Parens patriae
Plea Bargain
28. Nominated by the President
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
How does an individual become a federal judge
Hudson v. Palmer
No lo contendre
29. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Prosecutor
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Terroism threat levels
Against Plea bargaining:
30. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Goals of punishment
Criminal Complaint
Discovery:
Peremptory Challenges:
31. John Augustus
direct evidence
Criminal Complaint
The man known as the first probation officer?
aggravating circumstances
32. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Against Plea bargaining:
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Probation
33. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Cause challenges:
Morissey v. Brewer
Parens patriae
Terroism threat levels
34. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Morissey v. Brewer
Venue
Presentence investigation
Voir Dire
35. Decides guilt or innocence
Forfeiture laws
Cause challenges:
3 level of security associated with prisons
Trial Jury
36. Fee based on state rate
Parole
Morissey v. Brewer
Court apointed council
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
37. 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.
Roper v. Simmons
Parole
Venue
Probation officer
38. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Wolff v. McDaniel
Court Clerk
Prisoner rights:
Determinate sentencing
39. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
Parolve v. probation
Balancing test
Cause challenges:
40. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Probation
Mitigating Circumstances
Wolff v. McDaniel
Prosecutor
41. 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
support for plea bargaining:
USA Patriot Act
7th Amendment
42. Geographic area of the court
Hudson v. Palmer
Venue
Parens patriae
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
43. 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
Arraignment
Intermediate sentencing
determinate sentencing
Parens patriae
44. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Homeland security
Restitution
Bailiff
Trial Proceedures
45. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Court Clerk
Runs juvenile hall
Arraignment
Hudson v. Palmer
46. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Intermediate sentencing
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Trial Jury
Determinate sentencing
47. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
Cruz v. beto
Court apointed council
indeterminate sentencing
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
48. Review court
Rules of evidence
Mitigating Circumstances
Balancing test
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
49. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Cruz v. beto
Plea Bargain
Discovery:
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
50. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Trial Jury
Arraignment
Grand Jury
Small Courts Claim
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