FINAL EXAM COURT SYSTEM AND PRACTICES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

FINAL EXAM COURT SYSTEM AND PRACTICES
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS




Probation is one alternative to incarceration. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

In a sentence bargain, the defendant please guilty in anticipation of reduced charges.
True or false? - Correct Answers -False

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that juries do not have to consist of 12 members.
True or false? - Correct Answers -True

Pardons are a common method of prisoner release. True or false? - Correct Answers -
False

Oral argument provide an opportunity for face-to-face contact between the appellate
judges and lawyers. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

Once entered, a guilty please pursuant to a plea bargain can never be withdrawn. True
or false? - Correct Answers -False

Secondhand evidence is called hearsay. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

Defense attorneys engage in plea bargaining to get leniency for their clients. True or
false? - Correct Answers -True

Post conviction remedies are also called collateral attacks. True or false? - Correct
Answers -True

The leading cause of wrongful convictions is improper forensic evidence. True or false?
- Correct Answers -False

Advocates of the due process model believe that the death penalty is unfairly
administered. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

The federal government and one-third of the states have abolished parole board
authority to release offenders. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

Information derived from hypnosis may not be used at trial. True or false? - Correct
Answers -True

, In status offenses, the child is charged with violation of a criminal law that is not based
on age. True or false? - Correct Answers -False

In appeals, questions of fact are review de novo. True or false? - Correct Answers -
False

Only the judge has the legal authority to send a guilty person to prison to to grand
probation. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

A victim's preference for a trial is among the most important factors that a prosecutor
considers when deciding whether to offer a defendant a plea bargaining. True or false?
- Correct Answers -False

Less serious juvenile cases are petitioned and handled formally. True or false? - Correct
Answers -False

The prosecutor proceeds from a position of strength in plea bargaining. True or false? -
Correct Answers -True

If an attorney fails to object at trial it causes no problem on appeal. True or false? -
Correct Answers -False

In federal courts, defendants are entitled to a 12-person jury unless the parties agree in
writing to a smaller jury. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

Juveniles accused of serious offenses, or who have a history of repeated offenses, may
be tried as adults. True or false? - Correct Answers -True

Alternative jurors replace regular juror who disagree with the majority during
deliberations. True or false? - Correct Answers -False

In the juvenile court, juveniles do not have the right to confront and cross-examine
complaints and other witnesses. True or false? - Correct Answers -False

With regard to juvenile proceedings, juveniles have the right against self-incrimination.
True or false? - Correct Answers -True

Plea bargaining is arguably contrary to the concept of a(n) - Correct Answers -
Adversary system of justice

Why do defense attorneys engage in plea bargaining? - Correct Answers -To gain
leniency for the defendants

What kind of offense is a violation of criminal law that would be a crime if committed by
an adult? - Correct Answers -Delinquent act