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CJS 251 Week 3 Quiz
Week 3 Quiz: Chapters 11, 12 and 13
1) A(n) __________ occurs after the police develop probable cause that the suspect committed a crime and/or they obtain an arrest warrant issued by a judicial magistrate.
- A) bail setting
- B) arrest
- C) trial
- D) conviction
2) The __________ is formally defined as the requirement that evidence obtained in violation of the Constitution during an illegal arrest, search, or other process, cannot be used in a criminal trial.
- A) self-incrimination
- B) exclusionary rule
- C) 80/20
- D) unreasonable search and seizure
3) A(n) __________ is a written accusation submitted to the court by a prosecutor, alleging that a specified person(s) has committed a specified offense.
- A) information
- B) conviction bill
- C) indictment
- D) grant of immunity
4) The __________ Amendment states that “excessive bail shall not be required.”
- A) Fourth
- B) Second
- C) Fourteenth
- D) Eighth
5) In 1975, the state of __________ banned the practice of plea bargaining.
- A) North Dakota
- B) Oklahoma
- C) New Hampshire
- D) Alaska
6) The decision from __________ continues to hold great importance. Today it serves to protect even the lowest-level offender from corrupt or manipulative practices by over-zealous prosecutors.
- A) Brady v. United States
- B) United States v. Goodwin
- C) Edwards v. People
- D) Santobello v. New York
7) Cases referencing plea agreements go all the way back to the __________ century.
- A) 19th
- B) 14th
- C) 18th
- D) 12th
8) __________ occurs when a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a less serious sentence.
- A) Nolo contendre
- B) Charge bargaining
- C) Sentence bargaining
- D) Plea acceptance
9) The __________ Amendment states, in part, that the “accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state.”
- A) Fifth
- B) Fourth
- C) Second
- D) Sixth
10) Voir dire typically begins with the __________ asking questions concerning potential jurors’ familiarity with the case, attitudes toward one or other party to the case, demographic information, and so on.
- A) judge
- B) defense attorney
- C) jury consultant
- D) prosecutor