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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Atkins v. Virginia
Grand Jury
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Parolve v. probation
2. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
circunstancial evidence
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
6th Amendment
Court Jurisdiction
3. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Judge
Voir Dire
public defender
Peremptory Challenges:
4. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Prisoner rights:
Runs juvenile hall
Aggravated Circumstances
Domestic terrorism
5. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
public defender
Trial Proceedures
Restitution
6. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Terrorism- Causes:
Parens patriae
Plea Bargain
Defense Attorney
7. Decides guilt or innocence
Challenge for Cause
Trial Jury
Discovery:
Explain the difference between probation and parole
8. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Terrorism- Causes:
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
In Re Winship
9. 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
Real evidence
Balancing test
Goals of punishment
Intermediate sentencing
10. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Probation
Defense Attorney
Court Jurisdiction
Venue
11. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
Arraignment
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Forfeiture laws
Bailiff
12. 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.
Challenge for Cause
Homeland security
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Rules of evidence
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
restitution
Hudson v. Palmer
Grand Jury
Cruz v. beto
14. 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.
Prisoner rights:
Arraignment
Payne V. Tennessee
Criminal Complaint
15. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Cruz v. beto
Runs juvenile hall
victim impact statements
Morissey v. Brewer
16. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Atkins v. Virginia
Court Jurisdiction
Cruz v. beto
Preliminary Hearing
17. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
3 level of security associated with prisons
Domestic terrorism
Discovery:
5th Amendment
18. 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
contract attorneys
Venue
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
In Re Winship
19. The lawyer representing the defendant
Defense Attorney
Real evidence
Domestic terrorism
contract attorneys
20. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Trial Proceedures
Discovery:
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Court Jurisdiction
21. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Court apointed council
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Rules of evidence
How does an individual become a federal judge
22. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Against Plea bargaining:
'Discover'
Payne V. Tennessee
Goals of punishment
23. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Venue
Criminal Complaint
7th Amendment
Voir Dire
24. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Forfeiture laws
Morissey v. Brewer
mitigating circumstances
Terrorism- Causes:
25. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
Rules of evidence
The man known as the first probation officer?
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
6th Amendment
26. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Suspended sentence
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Cause challenges:
Wolff v. McDaniel
27. (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
How does an individual become a federal judge
Rules of evidence
Voir Dire
Parole
28. Grand Jury
direct evidence
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
5th Amendment
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
29. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
victim impact statements
No lo contendre
Indictment
indeterminate sentencing
30. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Real evidence
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
circunstancial evidence
31. 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
Payne V. Tennessee
Peremptory Challenges:
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Real evidence
32. 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.
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Court Clerk
indeterminate sentencing
support for plea bargaining:
33. 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
Terroism threat levels
Wolff v. McDaniel
Challenge for Cause
restitution
34. 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
How does an individual become a federal judge
Terroism threat levels
Presentence investigation
direct evidence
35. Physical material or traces of physical activity
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Real evidence
Balancing test
Parolve v. probation
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.
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Discovery:
Trial Proceedures
Forfeiture laws
37. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Grand Jury
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Suspended sentence
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
38. Nominated by the President
Terroism threat levels
Balancing test
victim impact statements
How does an individual become a federal judge
39. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Grand Jury
Pre-sentence report
Recidivism:
Venue
40. Probation
Preliminary Hearing
Runs juvenile hall
Voir Dire
Indictment
41. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Bailiff
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Atkins v. Virginia
Terroism threat levels
42. Least used
Presentence investigation
restitution
contract attorneys
Probation officer
43. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Suspended sentence
Determinate sentencing
Probation
Balancing test
44. 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.
Pre-sentence report
Roper v. Simmons
Aggravated Circumstances
Venue
45. Jury trial in civil cases
Bailiff
7th Amendment
Defense Attorney
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
46. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Gregg V. Georgia
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Atkins v. Virginia
Determinate sentencing
47. John Augustus
The man known as the first probation officer?
baston v. kentucky
Presentence investigation
Preliminary Hearing
48. 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
restitution
determinate sentencing
Restitution
Preliminary Hearing
49. Things that add on to sentencing
Indictment
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Enhancement
50. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
mitigating circumstances
'Discover'
Terrorism- Causes:
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
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