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SCCJA CUMULATIVE ACADEMY
STUDY GUIDE BRAND NEW ACTUAL
EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is the 14th amendment? - correct answer -due process of
law
What is needed for Supreme Court to hear a case? - correct
answer -Writ of Certiorari
What are crimes made up of? - correct answer -Elements or key
points that the state bears the burden of proving
Common Law - correct answer -Court decisions
Statutory Law - correct answer -Law passed by the U.S.
Congress or state legislatures
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What is a preliminary hearing? - correct answer -"trial before the
trial" at which the judge decides whether there is enough
evidence (Probable Cause hearing)
How many people on a jury if it is Magistrate and Municipal
Courts? - correct answer -6
How many people on a jury if it is Circuit Courts? - correct answer
-12
How many days does a tier 2 and 3 sex offender register? -
correct answer -1. Tier 2 -Bi-annually
2. Tier 3- quarterly
Victim - correct answer -any individual who suffers direct or
threatened physical, psychological, or financial harm as the result
of the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense.
Who compensates victims of a crimes? - correct answer -SOVA
(State Office of Victim Assistance)
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Who assist victims through referrals and grant funds? - correct
answer -SCVAN(South Carolina Victims Assistance Network)
Who assist victims with domestic violence shelters and rape crisis
center? - correct answer -SCCADVASA(South Carolina Coalition
Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault)
What is parens patriae? - correct answer -power of the state to
act on behalf of the child and provide care and protection
equivalent to that of a parent
Kent v. US - correct answer -set rules for decision process of
waiving juveniles to adult courts; must be a set hearing and
counsel must have access to records
What did In Re Gault do? - correct answer -Awarded Due Process
to Juveniles
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What is a Child or Juvenile? - correct answer -A person less than
seventeen years of age
DV 3rd - correct answer -Causing, or offering/attempting to with
the apparent present ability to do so, physical harm to a
household member
MISDEMEANOR
Summary Court
DV 2nd - correct answer -DV 3rd + special circumstances:
Moderate bodily injury (or means likely to produce MBI), violation
of PO, 1 prior
MISDEMEANOR
General Sessions Court
DV 1st - correct answer -DV 2nd + special circumstances: Great
bodily injury, violation of PO, 2+ priors, or the use of a firearm in
any way
FELONY
General Sessions Court
SCCJA CUMULATIVE ACADEMY
STUDY GUIDE BRAND NEW ACTUAL
EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is the 14th amendment? - correct answer -due process of
law
What is needed for Supreme Court to hear a case? - correct
answer -Writ of Certiorari
What are crimes made up of? - correct answer -Elements or key
points that the state bears the burden of proving
Common Law - correct answer -Court decisions
Statutory Law - correct answer -Law passed by the U.S.
Congress or state legislatures
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What is a preliminary hearing? - correct answer -"trial before the
trial" at which the judge decides whether there is enough
evidence (Probable Cause hearing)
How many people on a jury if it is Magistrate and Municipal
Courts? - correct answer -6
How many people on a jury if it is Circuit Courts? - correct answer
-12
How many days does a tier 2 and 3 sex offender register? -
correct answer -1. Tier 2 -Bi-annually
2. Tier 3- quarterly
Victim - correct answer -any individual who suffers direct or
threatened physical, psychological, or financial harm as the result
of the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense.
Who compensates victims of a crimes? - correct answer -SOVA
(State Office of Victim Assistance)
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Who assist victims through referrals and grant funds? - correct
answer -SCVAN(South Carolina Victims Assistance Network)
Who assist victims with domestic violence shelters and rape crisis
center? - correct answer -SCCADVASA(South Carolina Coalition
Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault)
What is parens patriae? - correct answer -power of the state to
act on behalf of the child and provide care and protection
equivalent to that of a parent
Kent v. US - correct answer -set rules for decision process of
waiving juveniles to adult courts; must be a set hearing and
counsel must have access to records
What did In Re Gault do? - correct answer -Awarded Due Process
to Juveniles
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What is a Child or Juvenile? - correct answer -A person less than
seventeen years of age
DV 3rd - correct answer -Causing, or offering/attempting to with
the apparent present ability to do so, physical harm to a
household member
MISDEMEANOR
Summary Court
DV 2nd - correct answer -DV 3rd + special circumstances:
Moderate bodily injury (or means likely to produce MBI), violation
of PO, 1 prior
MISDEMEANOR
General Sessions Court
DV 1st - correct answer -DV 2nd + special circumstances: Great
bodily injury, violation of PO, 2+ priors, or the use of a firearm in
any way
FELONY
General Sessions Court
