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Criminal Justice Exam 3state courts of limited jurisdiction - correct answer ✔✔courts that have jurisdiction over misdemeanors
and conduct preliminary investigations of felony charges
courts of general jurisdiction - correct answer ✔✔state or federal courts that have jurisdiction over
felony offenses and more serious civil cases (that is, cases involving more than a dollar amount set by the
legislature)
appellate court - correct answer ✔✔a court that reconsiders a case that has already been tried in order
to determine whether the measures used complied with accepted rules of criminal procedure and were
in accordance with constitutional doctrines
court of last resort - correct answer ✔✔a court that handles the final appeal on a matter. the US
Supreme Court is the official court of last resort for criminal matters
writ of certiorari - correct answer ✔✔an order of a superior court requesting that the record of an
inferior court (or administrative body) be brought forward for review or inspection
landmark decision - correct answer ✔✔a decision handed down by the US Supreme Court that becomes
the law of the land and serves as a precedent for resolving similar legal issues
jury trial - correct answer ✔✔the process of deciding a case by a group of persons selected and sworn in
to serve as jurors at a criminal trial, often as a 6- or 12-person jury
US magistrate judge - correct answer ✔✔a federal trial judge who is appointed by a district court judge
and who presides over various civil cases with the consent of the parties and over certain misdemeanor
cases
Missouri Plan - correct answer ✔✔a way of picking judges through nonpartisan elections as a way to
ensure that judges adhere to high standards of judicial performance
, prosecutor - correct answer ✔✔representative of the state (executive branch) in criminal proceedings;
advocate for the state's case-the charge-in the adversary trial. Examples include the attorney general of
the united states, US attorneys, the attorneys general of the states, district attorneys, and police
prosecutors. The prosecutor participates in investigations both before and after arrest, prepares legal
documents, participates in obtaining arrest or search warrants, and decides whether to charge a suspect
and, if so, with which offense. The prosecutor argues the state's case at trial, advises the police,
participates in plea negotiations, and makes sentencing recommendations
public defender - correct answer ✔✔an attorney usually employed (at no cost to the accused) by the
government to represent poor persons accused of a crime
adversarial procedure - correct answer ✔✔the process of publicly pitting the prosecution and the
defense against one another in pursuit of the truth
sixth amendment - correct answer ✔✔the US constitutional amendment containing various criminal trial
rights, such as the right to public trial, the right to trial by jury, and the right to confrontation of
witnesses
Gideon v. Wainwright - correct answer ✔✔the 1963 US Supreme Court case that granted counsel to
indignent defendants in felony prosecutions
assigned counsel - correct answer ✔✔a lawyer appointed by the court to represent a defendant in a
criminal case because the person is too poor to hire counsel
contract system (attorney) - correct answer ✔✔providing counsel to indigent offenders by having
attorneys under contract to the county handle all (or some) such cases
bail - correct answer ✔✔the monetary amount for or condition of pretrial release, normally set by a
judge at the initial appearance. the purpose of bail is to ensure the return of the accused at subsequent
proceedings
pretrial detention - correct answer ✔✔holding an offender in secure confinement before trial
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