Multiple Choice
What approach by SCOTUS leaves sentencing decisions to trial judges' discretionary judgement?
A) the hands-off approach to sentencing procedures
B) the guidelines approach to sentencing procedures
C) the determinate approach to sentencing procedures
D) the fixed approach to sentencing procedures
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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Q1: The Boggs Act (1951)signaled a shift to
Q2: Supporters of fixed sentencing believe the punishment
Q4: According to SCOTUS, with regard to appeals,
Q5: Legislatures prescribe specific penalties that judges and
Q6: Which of the following would not be
Q7: A type of fixed sentence prescribing a
Q8: A conviction becomes final when it's affirmed
Q9: The Constitution places few limits on judicial
Q10: Indeterminate sentencing requires a judge to impose
Q11: In Lockyer v. Andrade (2003), SCOTUS ruled