Criminal Justice Complex Test 2

Fourth Ammendment

• o Can be verbally violent and pressure you to confess
• General jurisdiction is a court's authority to hear any type of case which is not vested in another court. Often, states will vest their trial courts with general jurisdiction.
• o What's true of the sample, is true of the population
• Right to be free from unreasonable search and seizures. The right against arrest without probable cause

Fifth Ammendment

• court adminstrator- Chief Executive for all non-judicial functions and operations
• The right against self-incrimination, the right against "double jeopardy", and the right to due process of law
• A low-level court that focuses on quality-of-life crimes that erode neighborhoods' morale, that emphasize problem-solving rather than punishment. community court is a neighborhood-focused problem-solving court that applies a problem-solving approach to local crime and safety concerns
• Admission of illegally obtained evidence if illegality results from a technical or minor error

Sixth Ammendment

• The level of proof required to convict a person of a crime
• (Guarantee no matter where you are, the amendments and constitutional still applies to you. States have the ability to add on federal laws, but they cannot go against it)
• The right to due process of law, the right to a speedy trial, the right to a jury trial, the right to know the charges, the right to cross-examine witness,the right to a lawyer, and the right to compel witnesses on one's behalf
• If has 'reasonable suspicion' you can terry frisk someone for the safety and protection and it is a general understanding

Eighth Amendment

• Peremptory challenges- does not have to give you a reason, but they cannot remove you if there is a pattern; cannot keep removing a type of person
• o Determining if informal and formal communication has a bias
• Frivolous appeals Raises no new issues, no new substances Most on paper, not even have you come in
• The right to reasonable bail, the right against excessive fines, the right against cruel and unusual punishments

Fourtenth Amendment

• Expert Witness- an expert on things
• The right to due process of law and the applicability of constitutional rights to all citizens, regardless of state law or procedure
• § Three recommendations to track racial profiling
• o Can be verbally violent and pressure you to confess

(Guarantee no matter where you are, the amendments and constitutional still applies to you. States have the ability to add on federal laws, but they cannot go against it)

• 1. Cannot use deadly force to prevent suspect from fleeing the scene unless officer has probable cause to believe that suspect pose a significant threat of death or serious/grave harm of others
• (Guarantee no matter where you are, the amendments and constitutional still applies to you. States have the ability to add on federal laws, but they cannot go against it)
• o Can be verbally violent and pressure you to confess
• 4. Contract System- not mutually exclusive. Pool attorneys. They are private attorneys that accept x dollars for x cases, Its for extra money and a good way to get experience. The same officer cannot represent the same defendants on a case. For example, if one person is represented by a public defender, the other three defendants cannot be represented by a public defenders' because of conflict of interest.

Judicial precedent

• · Conducting spot checks, true sampling (pull random tape recording and watch)
• a court decision that is considered as authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues. Precedent is incorporated into the doctrine of stare decisis and requires courts to apply the law in the same manner to cases with the same facts.
• Ritualistic appeals Brought because demands of litigant
• Right to be free from unreasonable search and seizures. The right against arrest without probable cause

landmark case

• A precedent-setting court decision that produces substantial changes in both the understanding of the requirements of due process and in the practical day-to-day operations of the justice system.
• Committee that investigation corruption in NY City in the early 1970's, dfficulties in controlling corruption.
• o the behavior of an individual or
• 2. Rule is how officer perceives circumstances

plain view-doctrine

• 2. Rule is how officer perceives circumstances
• any evidence that is in visible, during a lawful observation, can be used as evidence
• · Ex: San dusky trial; Penn state
• o Not limited to verbal questioning

exclusionary rule

• Public- to make everything transparent
• Evidence illegally seized by the police cannot be used in a trial
• Dispute resolution or dispute settlement is the process of resolving disputes between parties. The term dispute resolution is sometimes used interchangeably with conflict resolution
• · Supervisors should be monitoring reports