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DSST Criminal Justice
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1. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Parens patriae
3 level of security associated with prisons
Real evidence
List three ways a person can be released from jail
2. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
List three ways a person can be released from jail
direct evidence
'Discover'
Determinate sentencing
3. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Gregg V. Georgia
indeterminate sentencing
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
4. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Real evidence
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Hudson v. Palmer
Court Clerk
5. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Judge
Forfeiture laws
indeterminate sentencing
Cruz v. beto
6. Physical material or traces of physical activity
No lo contendre
Real evidence
restitution
aggravating circumstances
7. (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
Small Courts Claim
Parole
Rules of evidence
Venue
8. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
victim impact statements
Terrorism- Causes:
USA Patriot Act
Suspended sentence
9. Made victim impact statements legal
Real evidence
Terroism threat levels
Payne V. Tennessee
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
10. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Indictment
Wolff v. McDaniel
restitution
11. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
USA Patriot Act
Balancing test
Roper v. Simmons
Cruz v. beto
12. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Probation
aggravating circumstances
List three ways a person can be released from jail
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
13. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Court Clerk
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Trial Proceedures
Gregg V. Georgia
14. 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.
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Recidivism:
Mitigating Circumstances
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
15. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Court Jurisdiction
Gregg V. Georgia
determinate sentencing
Bailiff
16. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Plea Bargain
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Trial Jury
Challenges to the array
17. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Parens patriae
Court Jurisdiction
Discovery:
Santobello Vs. New York
18. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
Pre-sentence report
Habeus corpus
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Roper v. Simmons
19. Geographic area of the court
determinate sentencing
victim impact statements
Bailiff
Venue
20. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Parole
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Voir Dire
Peremptory Challenges:
21. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Forfeiture laws
Rules of evidence
Goals of punishment
Stack Vs. Boyle
22. 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.
Voir Dire
Probation officer
Real evidence
Gregg V. Georgia
23. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Atkins v. Virginia
indeterminate sentencing
Intermediate sentencing
24. 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
Suspended sentence
Determinate sentencing
contract attorneys
In Re Gault
25. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Probation
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
26. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Bailiff
Judge
Stack Vs. Boyle
Procunier vs. Martinez
27. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Mitigating Circumstances
Terroism threat levels
Atkins v. Virginia
Trial Jury
28. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Stack Vs. Boyle
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Preliminary Hearing
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
29. 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
Procunier vs. Martinez
Domestic terrorism
Habeus corpus
Balancing test
30. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Forfeiture laws
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Discovery:
Runs juvenile hall
31. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
5th Amendment
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Discovery:
32. Grand Jury
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Prosecutor
Determinate sentencing
5th Amendment
33. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
baston v. kentucky
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Payne V. Tennessee
34. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Criminal Complaint
Homeland security
Court apointed council
Prisoner rights:
35. 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 -
7th Amendment
USA Patriot Act
Prosecutor
Grand Jury
36. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
No lo contendre
contract attorneys
Challenge for Cause
In Re Gault
37. 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
Defense Attorney
Determinate sentencing
7th Amendment
Procunier vs. Martinez
38. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Court apointed council
Voir Dire
Atkins v. Virginia
determinate sentencing
39. Least used
determinate sentencing
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
contract attorneys
Small Courts Claim
40. 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
3 level of security associated with prisons
Presentence investigation
Parens patriae
Suspended sentence
41. Decides guilt or innocence
Trial Jury
Discovery:
6th Amendment
Forfeiture laws
42. 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
Explain the difference between probation and parole
In Re Winship
Cause challenges:
Real evidence
43. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
restitution
Hudson v. Palmer
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Cause challenges:
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.
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Pre-sentence report
Judge
Hudson v. Palmer
45. 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.
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Forfeiture laws
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Bailiff
46. 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
Peremptory Challenges:
Homeland security
indeterminate sentencing
The man known as the first probation officer?
47. Nominated by the President
aggravating circumstances
No lo contendre
How does an individual become a federal judge
Probation
48. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Peremptory Challenges:
49. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Presentence investigation
Roper v. Simmons
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Voir Dire
50. 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
Terrorism- Causes:
Cruz v. beto
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
circunstancial evidence
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