COURT SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES
FINAL EXAM
False - Correct Answers -The leading cause of wrongful convictions is improper forensic
evidence.
False - Correct Answers -I️f an attorney fails to object at trial it causes no problem on
appeal.
True - Correct Answers -Oral argument provide an opportunity for face-to-face contact
between the appellate judges and lawyers.
False - Correct Answers -In appeals, questions of fact are review de novo.
True - Correct Answers -Post conviction remedies are also called collateral attacks.
A friend of the court brief - Correct Answers -What is an amicus curiae brief?
Discretionary - Correct Answers -A court that has a choice as to whether or not to hear
the appeal is said to have what kind of appellate jurisdiction?
Discretionary appellate jurisdiction - Correct Answers -High courts of last resort help to
set justice policy through their exercise of their
In large part because of the harmless error doctrine - Correct Answers -Why do
appellate courts often find no reversible error was committed during the trial court
proceedings?
Harmless Error - Correct Answers -The legal error by a lower court that does not require
reversal is called a
En banc - Correct Answers -What is the name of the situation where a case is heard by
all judges on the appellate court?
Habeas corpus - Correct Answers -The most common type of post conviction relief is
Briefs - Correct Answers -The written legal arguments filed with the appellate court are
called
Court of last resort - Correct Answers -In less-populous states, which do not have
intermediate appellate bodies, the initial appeal is filed with
FINAL EXAM
False - Correct Answers -The leading cause of wrongful convictions is improper forensic
evidence.
False - Correct Answers -I️f an attorney fails to object at trial it causes no problem on
appeal.
True - Correct Answers -Oral argument provide an opportunity for face-to-face contact
between the appellate judges and lawyers.
False - Correct Answers -In appeals, questions of fact are review de novo.
True - Correct Answers -Post conviction remedies are also called collateral attacks.
A friend of the court brief - Correct Answers -What is an amicus curiae brief?
Discretionary - Correct Answers -A court that has a choice as to whether or not to hear
the appeal is said to have what kind of appellate jurisdiction?
Discretionary appellate jurisdiction - Correct Answers -High courts of last resort help to
set justice policy through their exercise of their
In large part because of the harmless error doctrine - Correct Answers -Why do
appellate courts often find no reversible error was committed during the trial court
proceedings?
Harmless Error - Correct Answers -The legal error by a lower court that does not require
reversal is called a
En banc - Correct Answers -What is the name of the situation where a case is heard by
all judges on the appellate court?
Habeas corpus - Correct Answers -The most common type of post conviction relief is
Briefs - Correct Answers -The written legal arguments filed with the appellate court are
called
Court of last resort - Correct Answers -In less-populous states, which do not have
intermediate appellate bodies, the initial appeal is filed with
