Exam 7: Courts and the Quest for Justice

Statements in which judges express the reasons for the court's decision in a case are:

Domestic courts and mental health courts are considered to be specialty courts.

The crime control, due process, and rehabilitation functions of a court are secondary to its ____________________ function.

____________are public civil officers or officials with limited judicial authority within a particular geographic area.

The due process function emphasizes punishment and retribution.

The attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer in any state.

During the pretrial, the _____takes on the role of the referee.

Jack is considered indigent, which means he is not able to afford an attorney for his criminal case. Who will most likely represent Jack in his court proceedings?

In the federal court system, there are nine U.S. courts of appeals.

Barney is unsuccessful with his first few appeals. His appellate lawyers determined that there has been a major injustice in Barney's case and are determined to take his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. His lawyers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a(n)_______ , so they will request the lower courts for the record of the case.

The courtroom workgroup consists of the judge and jury.

Case 7-1 Jack was arrested for the serious crime of robbery by the local police department. When police searched Jack incident to arrest, they found a small amount of heroin and a needle used for injecting heroin. Jack is also homeless. He has no family and no means to support himself, except committing crime. He commits crime in order to support his drug habit. -After the police arrested Jack, they brought him to the county jail to be booked. Who is responsible for deciding whether he will be charged with a crime?

In the role of_____________ , the judge is responsible for seeing that the trial unfolds according to the dictates of the law and that the participants in the trial do not overstep any legal or ethical bounds.

A rule that the U.S. Supreme Court will not issue a writ of certiorari unless at least four justices approve it is known as the _________________________.

Courts having original jurisdiction are courts of the first instance, or:

The U.S. military has jurisdiction over active personnel who commit crimes, even if those crimes occur outside the course of duty.