Test Bank for Criminal Procedure: Law and Practice, 11th Edition by Rolando V. del Carmen

Chapter 01 11e

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Both the federal and state constitutions are sources of rules that protect the rights of individuals.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True

2. The U.S. Constitution required that the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices be set at nine.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
3. Common law can change.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
4. The ban on cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail and fines is found in the Seventh Amendment.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
5. All lower state courts must follow precedents set by higher state courts within their state.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
6. The court of last resort for federal cases and cases involving federal law and the U.S. Constitution is the U.S.
Supreme Court.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
7. The concept of judicial review is described in the U.S. Constitution.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False




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8. Defendants can be tried in two different states for essentially the same crime if the crime or an element thereof
was committed in both states.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
9. The protections against unreasonable search and seizure are found in the Fourth Amendment.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
10. All portions of the First, Fourth, and Sixth Amendments have been incorporated.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
11. Only Congress has the power of judicial review.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
12. The U.S. Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction in any cases.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
13. The rule of law is a long-held concept.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
14. The Fourteenth Amendment contains an equal protection clause.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
15. The United States has a unitary court system.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

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16. Some portions of the Fifth Amendment have been incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process
Clause.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
17. Decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court are binding on questions of federal law.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
18. The term stare decisis refers to a higher court’s reversal of a lower court’s decision.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
19. All states have intermediate appellate courts.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
20. The rights of free speech, press, and religion are found in the First Amendment.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
21. A case citation includes how many pages are included in the brief.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
22. Statutory law is law based on the customs of the people and is found in court opinions.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
23. A court’s jurisdiction is decided by that court.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

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24. All of the Sixth Amendment has been incorporated.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
25. The Fourteenth Amendment contains a due process clause.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
26. All state courts follow the federal pattern.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
27. The U.S. Supreme Court always decides cases en banc.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
28. When the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case, it means that the Court agrees with the lower court decision.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
29. The U.S. Supreme Court has adopted the theory of total incorporation.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
30. The total incorporation approach provides that all the provisions of the Bill of Rights should apply to all states.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
31. A state supreme court is as high as a state court case can ever go.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False



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