Exam 1: Crime Control in a Constitutional Democracy

A majority of U.S.Supreme Court justices have to vote to review a case before it can be heard.

In a constitutional democracy,when enforcing the criminal law:

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus is:

The "means" side of the end­means balance:

A case citation is composed of a string of letters and numbers.

The U.S.Supreme Court decides to review a case on a writ of certiorari based on:

Courts explain the rationale for the case decision in the:

A_________is a defendant in a noncriminal case.

The_________court opinion is considered the law.

According to the text,a vast majority of citizens never go further than which of the following legs of the criminal procedure road map?

The due process revolution increased the power of the police in America.

A_________opinion is NOT a type of opinion that can be issued by an appellate court,whether federal or state.

Explain why "hunches aren't enough" in criminal procedure.

In habeas corpus actions the:

The citation of a case appears after the_________of the case.

Motions to throw out evidence obtained by the government during searches and seizures,interrogation,and identification procedures are heard at a(n)_________.

How a court disposes of a case is called the:

An opinion that agrees with the result of another opinion is a(n)_________opinion.

In a constitutional democracy:

Crime control in a constitutional democracy depends on the balance between searching for the correct result in criminal cases and the commitment to use fair procedures in pursuing criminals.