Government, Due Process Review

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Which is NOT guaranteed by the 6th Amendment? Options: a right to an attorney, a private trial, knowing what you're charged with, a speedy and public trial

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a private trial

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A plea bargain:

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Defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser offense in order to not have a trial.

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Before the Miranda case in 1966, how did a court decide if a confession could be used against a defendant?

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If it was voluntary or not, and the "totality of the circumstances", including age and education.

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Miranda, because

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All answers are correct.

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What happened to Miranda after the Supreme Court ruling?

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He had threatened his common-law wife and confessed the crime to her, and his confession to her WAS admissible as evidence, and he was convicted.

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Some of the rights in the Bill of Rights have been applied to the states.

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selective incorporation

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The Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963, guaranteed the right to an attorney to

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the poor or indigent

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Says that evidence discovered during an illegal search cannot be used against someone.

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exclusionary rule

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The police do not have to read Miranda warnings if public safety is in jeopardy.

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public safety is in jeopardy.

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The Supreme Court, in the case Gideon V. Wainright (1963), said that state courts were responsible for providing _________ to a defendant who couldn't afford it

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legal counsel