A court of ____ jurisdiction has the authority to hear a case when it is first brought to court.

When the Supreme Court hears a case, it decides upon one of four different courses of action. Three are listed below. Which of the following is NOT one of the courses of action listed in your textbook?

Trial courts of ____ jurisdiction are sometimes referred to generally as “inferior trial courts” or simply as “lower courts.”

Which of the following is the attempt to “correct” the personality and behavior of convicted offenders through educational, vocational, or therapeutic treatment and to return them to society as law-abiding citizens?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three key actors in the court process, according to your textbook?

The ____ is a community's chief law enforcement official and is responsible primarily for the protection of society.

The ____ mandate(s) that a prosecutor provide defense counsel with any exculpatory evidence in the prosecutor's possession.

The role of defense lawyers is to:

Nationally known “celebrity” criminal lawyers take clients only if their cases meet one of three conditions, which are listed in your text. Which of the following is NOT one of these three conditions?

Public defenders commonly spend ____ with their clients.

Your textbook names six nontrial duties of judges. Three are listed below. Which of the following is NOT one of these nontrial duties?

Which of the following is a judicial selection process in which the governor appoints judges from a list of qualified lawyers, which is compiled by a nonpartisan nominating commission composed of both lawyers and other citizens?

After suspects officially become defendants, they are brought before a lower-court judge for:

The Supreme Court has ruled that anyone arrested without a warrant may be held no longer than ____ before a judge decides whether the arrest was justified.

Which of the following is usually a monetary guarantee deposited with the court that is supposed to ensure that the suspect or defendant will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice process?

Which of the following is simply a release secured by a suspect's written promise to appear in court?

The alternative to the grand jury, in states that do not choose to utilize them, is the filing of a(n):

When defendants plead nolo contendere, they:

Your textbook names three basic types of plea bargaining, which are listed below. Which of the following is NOT one of these basic types of plea bargaining?

Which of the following determines the number of chief prosecutors and whether they are elected or appointed?

Which of the following has been referred to as “the conceptual heart of judicial administration in the new millennium”?

As of 2011, pay for jurors

What standard of proof is necessary to find a defendant guilty as charged?

What is the result if, after serious deliberation, even one juror cannot agree with the others on a verdict?

Which of the following is a possible outcome in state court criminal trials that end in hung juries?

Federal district courts have personal jurisdiction in cases if certain parties or people are involved.

The U.S. Supreme Court is the court of last resort in all questions of federal and state law.

The habeas corpus proceeding is used to determine guilt.

An appeal from a lower court requires a trial de novo, in which a trial court of general jurisdiction must rehear the entire case.

The right to counsel extends only to representation at trial.

Most criminal lawyers are very wealthy.

A majority of judges were in private legal practice before becoming judges.

Most judges learn the intricacies of their profession through professional development training.

If a suspect or defendant has strong ties to the community—for example, a house, a family, or a job—then the amount of bail will be relatively low.

One way that suspects or defendants are released is by meeting the financial requirement of bail through an unsecured bond.

There is neither a constitutional basis nor a statutory basis for plea bargaining.

Most criminal defendants benefit from plea bargaining.