KANSAS GIRLS STATE BAR EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

KANSAS GIRLS STATE BAR EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ person accused of a crime has Correct Answer: an absolute right to a jury trial parties to a civil suit may choose Correct Answer: to have their case decided by a jury. Names of potential jurors come from Correct Answer: voter registration and driver license lists. These names are placed Correct Answer: into a computer or a jury wheel When a jury panel is needed Correct Answer: the wheel or computer is used to select names at random. Juror summonses are then sent to people Page 2 of 17 Correct Answer: whose names were drawn and they may be called into court to serve on a trial jury The pay for jury services is Correct Answer: minimal What percent of all jury trials worldwide take place in the United States Correct Answer: 95 Efforts to streamline and update the jury system continue Correct Answer: with the aim to reduce the amount of time a person is asked to contribute to jury service. Correct Answer: Kansas supreme court Correct Answer: 7 justices Kansas court of appeals Correct Answer: 14 justices The Kansas Supreme Court has original jurisdiction Correct Answer: in quo warranto, mandamus and habeas corpus Page 3 of 17 Quo Warranto Correct Answer: a special form of legal action used to resolve a dispute over whether a specific person has the legal right to hold the public office that he or she occupies. Mandamus Correct Answer: a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a court to any government, subordinate court, corporation, or public authority, to do some specific act which that body is obliged under law to do, and which is in the nature of public duty, and in certain cases one of a statutory duty. Habeas Corpus Correct Answer: a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful. Kansas Supreme Court handles appeals from district courts in Correct Answer: capital cases and cases where statute declared unconstitutional Correct Answer: Page 4 of 17 Kansas Supreme Court handles appeals from Kansas Court of Appeals when Correct Answer: constitutional question arises for the first time as a result of its decision. Correct Answer: The Kansas Supreme Court handles Correct Answer: Discretionary review of cases decided by Court of Appeals and cases transferred from Court of Appeals