1)Grand Juries Meet in Secret and a Person Under Investigation Has No Legal Right to Be

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Crim B1

Introduction to

Test 3

Name: ______Date:

1)Grand Juries meet in secret and a person under investigation has no legal right to be present or even notified of a grand jury investigation.
TrueFalse

2)The federal court system consists of three tiers, including the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
TrueFalse

3)Federal judges are usually elected officials who then serve life terms on the bench.
TrueFalse

4)The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that plea bargaining is an important and necessary component of the American system of justice.
TrueFalse

5)States that don’t use grand juries rely on what type of hearing to give the defendant an opportunity to challenge the legal basis of his/her detention?
a. competency hearing
b. arraignment
c. preliminary hearing
d. first appearance

6)State Court Administrators are responsible for all of the following except:
a. training support personnel
b. ruling on issues of law
c. managing court case flow
d. coordinating between state court levels and jurisdictions

7)The jurisdiction of a court can refer to the territory, subject matter, or person over which a court may lawfully exercise its authority.
TrueFalse

8)The process by which a potential juror is interviewed by the prosecutor and defense counsel is voir dire.
TrueFalse

9)If a defendant chooses not to testify at his/her trial, the prosecutor is allowed to point out to the jury that an innocent person would want to take the stand in an effort to clear his/her name.
TrueFalse

10)Indigency refers to criteria used by
a. the courts to establish the amount of bail.
b. judges to determine eligibility of defendants for court appointed counsel.
c. the state police to establishing crime-enforcement levels.
d. the prosecutor’s office to determine a witness’s reliability.

11)When using a challenge for cause, a juror can be excused by either the defense or prosecution, and no reason for doing so needs to be stated.
TrueFalse

12)The prosecution must disclose any evidence related to a case that the defense requests.
True False

13) A witness’s statement that she didn’t see the defendant commit the crime but she did see him arguing with and threatening the victim shortly before the crime occurred is an example of circumstantial evidence.
TrueFalse

14)A challenge to the array indicates that the defense attorney does not believe that the pool from which the jury is being selected is representative of the community at large.
TrueFalse

15)Hearsay evidence is automatically excluded from the courtroom, regardless of the circumstances.
True False

16)The murder weapon would primarily be considered ______evidence.
a. direct b. real
c. testimonial d. damning

17)Deterrence is based on the idea of “an eye for an eye.”
True False

18) Mitigating circumstances result in harsher sentences under the determinate model.
True False

19) Sentencing philosophies are manifestly intertwined with issues of religion, morals, values and emotions.
True False

20)The overall goal of deterrence is crime prevention.
True False

21)Most judges ignore the presentence investigation report recommendations.
True False

22)Truth in sentencing means that before sentencing, probation officers present their investigation reports based on the truth they discovered.
True False

23)General deterrence is a goal of criminal justice sentencing that seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat criminality.
True False

24)Modern sentencing practices are influenced by which of the following goals? [Mark all that apply.]
a) retribution b) incapacitation
c) deterrence d) rehabilitation

25)Much of the philosophical basis of today’s victims’ movement can be found in which sentencing model?
a) restorative justice b) retribution
c) restitution d) “lock em up”

26)The attempt to reform a criminal offender is called ______.

27)______is a criminal offense punishable by death.
______