Exam 7: Courts and the Quest for Justice

Within the State Court system, the highest appellate court is usually called the ______________.

All of the following are pretrial responsibilities of the prosecutor, EXCEPT:

Every state has at least one court of appeals (known as an appellate, or reviewing, court).

The primary responsibility of the ____ is to represent the defendant at various stages of the custodial process, such as arrest, interrogation, lineup, and arraignment.

The Missouri Plan is also known as:

Supreme Court Justices may write concurring opinions, outlining the reason why they feel the majority's decision erred.

Trial courts are primarily concerned with questions of law.

As most cases are decided through plea bargains rather than through trial proceedings, the judge often offers his or her services as a negotiator to help the prosecution and the defense "make a deal."

Appellate courts:

The prosecutor will decide whether an individual who has been arrested by the police will be charged with a crime, the level of charges to be brought against the suspect, and if and when to stop the prosecution.

A public civil officer or official with limited judicial authority within a particular geographic area, such as the authority to issue an arrest warrant, is:

The United States Supreme Court will not issues a writ of certiorari unless at least __________ justices approve of it.

The United States does not have a single judicial system, but 52 different systems-one for each state, the District of Columbia, and the federal government.

The jurisdiction of every court is limited in some way.Which of the following is a limitation?

The ____ system includes lower courts, or lower courts of limited jurisdiction, trial courts of general jurisdiction, appellate courts, and the state's highest court.

When judges are responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the court, they are acting as:

Appellate court judges make a decision on whether a case should be:

The lowest tier of the federal court system is the:

Which of the following courts is primarily a "reviewer" of decisions?

A ____ opinion is a separate opinion prepared by judges who support the decision of the majority of the court but who want to express their own particular reasoning.