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What is the definition of:
Judgment (disposition) of a case? |
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Decides what happends to the defendant and the government |
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What is the definition of:
Constitutional Question |
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Court's action that depends what happens to the defendant and to the government |
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What is the definition of:
Quantum of Proof |
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The facts and circumstances that back up the act by government officials. |
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What is the definition of:
Briefing a Case |
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Putting a case summary into a format that helps to compare/contrast it to other cases. |
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When judges identify the social science research and empirical research that support their assignation of facts, it is called _____? |
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This amendment has to do with
self-incrimination. |
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What is the definition of:
Exclusionary Rule
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Requires court to throw
out "good" evidence if the
government got it
by "bad" methods. |
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What is the definition of:
Graduated Objective
Basis Requirement |
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The greater the limit,
the more facts required
to back it up. |
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What is the definition of:
Objective Basis Requirement |
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Requirement that the government has to back up
with facts every official triggered restraint on
the rights of individuals to come and go as they
please and be let alone by the government. |
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What is the definition of:
Discretionary Decision Making
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Informal decision making by professionals
based on their training and experience,
and unwritten rules. |
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The right to due process in federal cases is granted by the ___ Amendment. |
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The right against double jeopardy is granted by the ___ Amendment. |
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The right to grand jury indictment
in federal cases is granted
in the ___ Amendment. |
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The right to be free from
unreasonable searches is granted
in the ___ Amendment. |
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The right to be free from
unreasonable seizures is granted
by the ___ Amendment. |
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The right to probable cause to back
up searches and seizures is part of
the ___ Amendment. |
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Pearce v. Pearce, 1846, is related
to the balance of _____ and _____. |
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Who said, and in what year, "The accused have all the advantages" ?
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US Courts of Appeals
Judge Learned Hand
1922 |
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Who said, and in what year, "The prosecution has the advantage" ? |
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Based on _____ v. _____,
the Exclusionary Rule applied to state searches and seizures. |
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The provision of unreasonable searches and seizures resulted from which major case? |
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A body of unchanging moral
principles regarded as a
basis for all human conduct. |
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Fundamental Fairness Doctrine |
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Due process is a command to the states to provide two basics of a fair trial:
notice & hearing. |
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In this 1936 case, a man was whipped until
he confessed to a crime. This is known as
a "coerced confession." What case was this?
Are coerced confessions admissible in court? |
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Brown v. Mississippi, 1936
No |
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This case rejected the idea that due process was
short-hand for the application of the specific
provisions in the Bill of Rights of state criminal proceedings. |
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Hurtado v. California, 1884
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Rights similar to those in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights |
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The power to make rules to
manage how lower federal
courts conduct their business. |
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Courts have the final word on
what the Constitution means
(how it is interpreted). |
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Article VI of the Constitution
is the _____ Clause. |
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The Supremacy Clause is a
part of Article _____ of
the Constitution. |
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Due process and equal protection are provided for in the _____ Amendment. |
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The rights against cruel and
unusual punishment are provided
for in the ______ Amendment. |
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The rights against excessive
bail and fines are included
in the _____ Amendment. |
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The right of the accused
to defense counsel is in
the _____ Amendment. |
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The right to be informed of
the charges against the accused
is included in the _____ Amendment. |
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The right to an impartial jury is
granted by the ___ Amendment. |
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The right to a public trial is
listed in the ___ Amendment. |
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The right to a speedy trial is granted
in the ___ Amendment. |
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The right against self-incrimination
is in the ___ Amendment. |
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Model Code of
Pre-Arraignment Procedure |
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A model of criminal procedure laws
for law enforcement and courts. |
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Law of Criminal Procedure |
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Rules that the government has to follow to
detect and investigate crimes, apprehend suspects, prosecute and convict defendants, and punish criminals. |
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The idea that constitutions adopted by
the whole people are a higher form of law
than ordinary laws passed by legislatures. |
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Four of the nine Supreme Court Justices have
to vote to review a case before the court will
hear an appeal by issuing a writ of certiorari. |
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An order to the court that decided the
case to send up the record of it's proceedings
to the US Supreme Court for review. |
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A discretionary order of
the Supreme Court to review
a lower courts decision. |
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An action that asks those who
holds defendants to justify
their detention. |
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A proceeding to review the constitutionality of detention
or imprisonment. |
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Consists of decisinos made according to the law of
criminal procedure- namely, the rules spelled out in
the Constitution, judicial opinions, laws, and other
written sources and cases. |
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A defendant in a non-criminal case |
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The party appealed against. |
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Defendant's motion to throw out
evidence obtained by law enforcement officers during a search, seizure, interrogation, etc. |
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A court decides that a prior decision doesn't apply to the current case because the facts are different. |
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Binds judges to follow precedent. |
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The appellate court sent the
case back to the lower court
for further action. |
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The appellate court set aside,
or nullified, the lower courts judgment. |
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The appellate courts upheld a lower courts judgment. |
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What are the opinins appellate courts can issue? |
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Majority Opinion
Concurring Opinion
Plurality Opinion
Dissenting Opinion |
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Appellate Courts can issue one of ____ opinions. |
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Refers to the reasons and arguments the court gives to support its holding |
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Legal rule the court applied to the facts of the case |
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Explains why courts decided and disposed of a case the way they did. |
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The balance between the power of government and the rights of individuals. |
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Due process and equal protection are a part of the ___ Amendment. |
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What are the the two main clauses of the 14th Amendment? |
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Equal Protection
Due Process |
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Llaguno v. Mingey, 1985, is related to which two legal objectives? |
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Community Security
Individual Autonomy |
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US Supreme Court's application of the Bill of Rights to state criminal proceedings |
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Presumption of Regularity |
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Presumes government actions are lawful in the absence of "clear evidence to the contrary." |
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A named official in the case intended to discriminate against an individual because of race or another criteria. |
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Proving race or another illegal group characteristic accounts for the official decision. |
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State officials can't investigate, apprehend, convict, and punish people unreasonably. |
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Robinson v. California, 1962 led to which specific provision? |
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Cruel and unusual punishment |
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Klopfer v. North Carolina, 1967, is related to which right/provision? |
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Washington v. Texas, 1967 is related to which provision? |
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Compulsory process to obtain witnesses |
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The provision allowing the accused to confront the witness(es) is related to which major case? |
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The assistance of counsel is related to which case? |
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Gideon v. Wainright, 1963 |
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The provision of self-incrimination is related to which case? |
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