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CJ 101 Final Exam Study Guide questions with accurate
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A state's high court is - ✔✔Supreme Court
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Most criminal cases are prosecuted in - ✔✔trial/district court
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Appellate courts are responsible for? - ✔✔Appeals || || || || || ||
Approx. how many cases does the U.S. Supreme Court hear each year? - ✔✔100 cases per year
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A judge should ensure the trial proceeds according to what - ✔✔the rules of law
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How can a federal judge lose his/her job? - ✔✔Unless they retire, they can only be fired by
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impeachment
Who decided whether a suspect is charged with a crime? - ✔✔Prosecutor
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Who is considered the state's head law-enforcement officer? - ✔✔Attorney general
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Prosecutors are responsible for what? - ✔✔Bringing formal charges against someone
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In a state death penalty case, who decides whether the death penalty will be sought? -
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✔✔Prosecutor
Ninety-five percent of criminal cases are settled by what process? - ✔✔Plea bargaining
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Which constitutional amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required? - ✔✔8th
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amendment
Some defense attorney's request that the trial be moved to another location because the case may
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have too much publicity in the current jurisdiction. What is that called? - ✔✔Change of venue
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Sally called 9-1-1 to report that her husband Mark was just shot by Mary. Who would have to be a
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witness to testify about the phone call made to the police? - ✔✔We would rely on hearsay, so
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Sally would have to present herself and testify in court because she made the 9-1-1 call
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Once a complaint is filed, the individual arrested becomes a - ✔✔Defendant
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If the grand jury finds that probable cause exists, it issues a what? - ✔✔An indictment
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Which constitutional amendments contain the due process clause? - ✔✔5th ad 14th amendments
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Who has the burden of proving every element of every crime? - ✔✔the prosecution
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The standard of proof in a criminal case is? - ✔✔Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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A person is on trial for murder. Because the punishment is the death penalty, the case has to
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proceed in two separate phases. What are they? - ✔✔The first phase is the guilt phase where
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proof beyond a reasonable doubt has to be proven
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The second is the penalty phase, where the jury will determine whether a capital defendant should
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be given the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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The eight amendment protects citizens from? - ✔✔Cruel and unusual punishment
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CJ 101 Final Exam Study Guide questions with accurate
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detailed answers ||
A state's high court is - ✔✔Supreme Court
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Most criminal cases are prosecuted in - ✔✔trial/district court
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Appellate courts are responsible for? - ✔✔Appeals || || || || || ||
Approx. how many cases does the U.S. Supreme Court hear each year? - ✔✔100 cases per year
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A judge should ensure the trial proceeds according to what - ✔✔the rules of law
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How can a federal judge lose his/her job? - ✔✔Unless they retire, they can only be fired by
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impeachment
Who decided whether a suspect is charged with a crime? - ✔✔Prosecutor
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Who is considered the state's head law-enforcement officer? - ✔✔Attorney general
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Prosecutors are responsible for what? - ✔✔Bringing formal charges against someone
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In a state death penalty case, who decides whether the death penalty will be sought? -
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✔✔Prosecutor
Ninety-five percent of criminal cases are settled by what process? - ✔✔Plea bargaining
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Which constitutional amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required? - ✔✔8th
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amendment
Some defense attorney's request that the trial be moved to another location because the case may
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have too much publicity in the current jurisdiction. What is that called? - ✔✔Change of venue
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Sally called 9-1-1 to report that her husband Mark was just shot by Mary. Who would have to be a
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witness to testify about the phone call made to the police? - ✔✔We would rely on hearsay, so
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Sally would have to present herself and testify in court because she made the 9-1-1 call
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Once a complaint is filed, the individual arrested becomes a - ✔✔Defendant
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If the grand jury finds that probable cause exists, it issues a what? - ✔✔An indictment
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Which constitutional amendments contain the due process clause? - ✔✔5th ad 14th amendments
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Who has the burden of proving every element of every crime? - ✔✔the prosecution
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The standard of proof in a criminal case is? - ✔✔Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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A person is on trial for murder. Because the punishment is the death penalty, the case has to
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proceed in two separate phases. What are they? - ✔✔The first phase is the guilt phase where
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proof beyond a reasonable doubt has to be proven
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The second is the penalty phase, where the jury will determine whether a capital defendant should
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be given the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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The eight amendment protects citizens from? - ✔✔Cruel and unusual punishment
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