Kansas Girls State Bar Exam with Verified Answers
1. person accused of a crime has: an absolute right to a jury trial
2. parties to a civil suit may choose: to have their case decided by a jury.
3. Names of potential jurors come from: voter registration and driver license lists.
4. These names are placed: into a computer or a jury wheel
5. When a jury panel is needed: the wheel or computer is used to select names at
random.
6. Juror summonses are then sent to people: whose names were drawn and they
may be called into court to serve on a trial jury
7. The pay for jury services is: minimal
8. What percent of all jury trials worldwide take place in the United States: 95
9. Efforts to streamline and update the jury system continue: with the aim to
reduce
10. the amount of time a person is asked to contribute to jury service.:
11. Kansas supreme court: 7 justices
12. Kansas court of appeals: 14 justices
13. The Kansas Supreme Court has original jurisdiction: in quo warranto, man-
damus and habeas corpus
14. Quo Warranto: 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.
15. Mandamus: 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.
16. Habeas Corpus: 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.
17. Kansas Supreme Court handles appeals from district courts in: capital
cases and
18. cases where statute declared unconstitutional:
19. Kansas Supreme Court handles appeals from Kansas Court of Appeals
when: constitutional
20. question arises for the first time as a result of its decision.:
21. The Kansas Supreme Court handles: Discretionary review of cases decided
by Court of Appeals and cases transferred from Court of Appeals
22. The Kansas Court of Appeals, has original jurisdiction: in habeas corpus
23. The Kansas Court of Appeals handles: appeals from district court except
cases appealable
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24. directly to the Supreme Court or those reviewable in district court.:
25. The Kansas Court of Appeals is in charge of: review of administrative actions
as provided by law
26. How many district courts are there: 31
27. How many kansas counties are there: 105
28. District Courts deal with: All justiciable matters unless otherwise provided by
law, appeals from municipal courts, and review of administrative actions as provided
by law
29. Municipal Courts handle: City ordinance violations
30. Municipal Courts are also called: city courts
31. Municipal Courts deal with: violations of city ordinances committed within city
limits. Cases usually involve traffic and other minor offenses.
32. A person charged with an offense in municipal court may be: represented
by a lawyer.
33. The judge in a municipal court hears cases: without a jury.
34. Anyone convicted in municipal court: may appeal to the district court of the
county where the municipal court is located.
35. District courts are created by: the Kansas Constitution
36. They are the courts of Kansas: trial
37. District courts have general original jurisdiction over all: civil and criminal
cases, including divorce and domestic relations, damage suits, probate and estate
administration, guardianships, conservatorships, care of the mentally ill, juvenile
matters, and small claims.
38. In district courts: criminal and civil jury trials take place.
39. Kansas is divided into 31 judicial districts: with varying numbers of judges in
each district
40. There is a district court in each: county
41. Cases are filed at: a clerk of the court office
42. The state also is divided into six: judicial departments, each of which has
several judicial districts.
43. All of the Supreme Court's justices, with the exception of the chief justice,
are responsible for: overseeing a judicial department.
44. The departmental justice may assign judges: from one judicial district to
another.
45. District judges must be: lawyers.
46. Some counties have district magistrate judges: who may or may not be
lawyers and whose jurisdiction is limited.
47. There is at least one: resident judge in each county.
48. One judge in each district is designated: chief judge.
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1. person accused of a crime has: an absolute right to a jury trial
2. parties to a civil suit may choose: to have their case decided by a jury.
3. Names of potential jurors come from: voter registration and driver license lists.
4. These names are placed: into a computer or a jury wheel
5. When a jury panel is needed: the wheel or computer is used to select names at
random.
6. Juror summonses are then sent to people: whose names were drawn and they
may be called into court to serve on a trial jury
7. The pay for jury services is: minimal
8. What percent of all jury trials worldwide take place in the United States: 95
9. Efforts to streamline and update the jury system continue: with the aim to
reduce
10. the amount of time a person is asked to contribute to jury service.:
11. Kansas supreme court: 7 justices
12. Kansas court of appeals: 14 justices
13. The Kansas Supreme Court has original jurisdiction: in quo warranto, man-
damus and habeas corpus
14. Quo Warranto: 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.
15. Mandamus: 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.
16. Habeas Corpus: 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.
17. Kansas Supreme Court handles appeals from district courts in: capital
cases and
18. cases where statute declared unconstitutional:
19. Kansas Supreme Court handles appeals from Kansas Court of Appeals
when: constitutional
20. question arises for the first time as a result of its decision.:
21. The Kansas Supreme Court handles: Discretionary review of cases decided
by Court of Appeals and cases transferred from Court of Appeals
22. The Kansas Court of Appeals, has original jurisdiction: in habeas corpus
23. The Kansas Court of Appeals handles: appeals from district court except
cases appealable
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24. directly to the Supreme Court or those reviewable in district court.:
25. The Kansas Court of Appeals is in charge of: review of administrative actions
as provided by law
26. How many district courts are there: 31
27. How many kansas counties are there: 105
28. District Courts deal with: All justiciable matters unless otherwise provided by
law, appeals from municipal courts, and review of administrative actions as provided
by law
29. Municipal Courts handle: City ordinance violations
30. Municipal Courts are also called: city courts
31. Municipal Courts deal with: violations of city ordinances committed within city
limits. Cases usually involve traffic and other minor offenses.
32. A person charged with an offense in municipal court may be: represented
by a lawyer.
33. The judge in a municipal court hears cases: without a jury.
34. Anyone convicted in municipal court: may appeal to the district court of the
county where the municipal court is located.
35. District courts are created by: the Kansas Constitution
36. They are the courts of Kansas: trial
37. District courts have general original jurisdiction over all: civil and criminal
cases, including divorce and domestic relations, damage suits, probate and estate
administration, guardianships, conservatorships, care of the mentally ill, juvenile
matters, and small claims.
38. In district courts: criminal and civil jury trials take place.
39. Kansas is divided into 31 judicial districts: with varying numbers of judges in
each district
40. There is a district court in each: county
41. Cases are filed at: a clerk of the court office
42. The state also is divided into six: judicial departments, each of which has
several judicial districts.
43. All of the Supreme Court's justices, with the exception of the chief justice,
are responsible for: overseeing a judicial department.
44. The departmental justice may assign judges: from one judicial district to
another.
45. District judges must be: lawyers.
46. Some counties have district magistrate judges: who may or may not be
lawyers and whose jurisdiction is limited.
47. There is at least one: resident judge in each county.
48. One judge in each district is designated: chief judge.
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