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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prosecutor
USA Patriot Act
Challenge for Cause
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
2. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
Venue
Parens patriae
direct evidence
Atkins v. Virginia
3. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Trial Proceedures
indeterminate sentencing
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Goals of punishment
4. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Payne V. Tennessee
Small Courts Claim
Discovery:
Rules of evidence
5. Probation
circunstancial evidence
Payne V. Tennessee
Prisoner rights:
Runs juvenile hall
6. 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
In Re Winship
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Forfeiture laws
Intermediate sentencing
7. 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.
Defense Attorney
Challenge for Cause
Payne V. Tennessee
The man known as the first probation officer?
8. Full time- salaried
victim impact statements
public defender
Rules of evidence
No lo contendre
9. 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
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Presentence investigation
Pre-sentence report
public defender
10. 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.
Determinate sentencing
Suspended sentence
Rules of evidence
Court Clerk
11. 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.
Prosecutor
Gregg V. Georgia
Domestic terrorism
Probation officer
12. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
7th Amendment
Domestic terrorism
aggravating circumstances
Challenges to the array
13. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Grand Jury
Aggravated Circumstances
Restitution
Trial Jury
14. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Roper v. Simmons
Probation
Aggravated Circumstances
Presentence investigation
15. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Parole
aggravating circumstances
Court Clerk
Domestic terrorism
16. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Habeus corpus
indeterminate sentencing
17. 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
How does an individual become a federal judge
determinate sentencing
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Goals of punishment
18. Decides guilt or innocence
Challenges to the array
Trial Jury
Presentence investigation
Plea Bargain
19. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Judge
Pre-sentence report
Atkins v. Virginia
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
20. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
mitigating circumstances
How does an individual become a federal judge
baston v. kentucky
The man known as the first probation officer?
21. 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.
Intermediate sentencing
Presentence investigation
Recidivism:
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
22. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Plea Bargain
Santobello Vs. New York
Determinate sentencing
In Re Winship
23. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Hudson v. Palmer
6th Amendment
Defense Attorney
Suspended sentence
24. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Arraignment
3 level of security associated with prisons
Intermediate sentencing
Discovery:
25. 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
Challenge for Cause
Trial Proceedures
Parolve v. probation
26. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
'Discover'
Discovery:
List three ways a person can be released from jail
How does an individual become a federal judge
27. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Cause challenges:
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Hudson v. Palmer
5th Amendment
28. 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
5th Amendment
Peremptory Challenges:
6th Amendment
support for plea bargaining:
29. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Arraignment
The man known as the first probation officer?
Balancing test
30. The lawyer representing the defendant
Defense Attorney
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Venue
Discovery:
31. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Criminal Complaint
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
The man known as the first probation officer?
32. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
Goals of punishment
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Small Courts Claim
Parens patriae
33. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
'Discover'
Atkins v. Virginia
victim impact statements
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
34. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Terrorism- Causes:
Parolve v. probation
Terroism threat levels
Rules of evidence
35. John Augustus
Restitution
In Re Gault
The man known as the first probation officer?
No lo contendre
36. 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.
How does an individual become a federal judge
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Forfeiture laws
Probation officer
37. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Against Plea bargaining:
Plea Bargain
Challenge for Cause
38. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Santobello Vs. New York
Pre-sentence report
Probation
Discovery:
39. 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.
Parens patriae
Court Jurisdiction
Prisoner rights:
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
40. 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
victim impact statements
Challenges to the array
Against Plea bargaining:
Domestic terrorism
41. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Real evidence
In Re Winship
Plea Bargain
Prosecutor
42. Made victim impact statements legal
Peremptory Challenges:
Arraignment
Payne V. Tennessee
Balancing test
43. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Judge
Preliminary Hearing
Hudson v. Palmer
Arraignment
44. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Grand Jury
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Venue
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
45. 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
Habeus corpus
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Discovery:
Procunier vs. Martinez
46. 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
contract attorneys
Hudson v. Palmer
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
47. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Parole
Cause challenges:
Voir Dire
48. 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
restitution
Against Plea bargaining:
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
How does an individual become a federal judge
49. 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
Habeus corpus
Stack Vs. Boyle
Suspended sentence
Balancing test
50. Least used
contract attorneys
aggravating circumstances
In Re Gault
Runs juvenile hall