chapter 11 study guide multiply choice (law studies) part 1

the local view of the proper sentence, considering the offsends and the defendant's prior record is call the..

• grouping

• going rate

• local legal culture

• common law

The values and norms shared by members of a particular court community about w cases should be handled, and the way court officials should behave is called the..

• working group culture

• going rate

• local legal culture

• docket culture

which of the following would Not be considered part of the legal culture

• baliff

• judge

• attorney

• clerk

• criminal defendants

what is the percentage of guilty pleas in most communities

• between 10-20%

• between 30-40%

• between 60-90%

• between 95-100%

• exactly 100%

which of the following is NOT characteristics of the workgroup

• close feelings between members

• sharing of goals

• interaction among members

• continued interaction brings conflict

the research of eisenstein and jacob on the impact of courtroom workgroups across major cities revealed that...

• different types of felonies were handled the same in each city

• different types of felonies were handled very different in each city

• the same type of felony was handled very differently in each city

• the same type of felony was handled the same in every city

which best describes how often cases are plea bargained

• cases are never plea bargained

• cases are seldom plea bargained

• less than half of all cases are plea bargained

• a vast majority of cases are plea bargained

in Bordenkircher v. Hayes ( 1978) the united states supreme court ruled that..

• when a guilty plea rests on a promise of a prosecutor, it must be fulfilled

• defendants must uphold the plea agreement or suffer the consequences

• defendants rights were not violated by prosecutor who warned that not accepting guilty plea will result in hashing sentencing

which is not true concerning plea bargaining

• plea bargained leads to expedited disposal of most criminal cases

• plea bargaining reduces the amount of time that that released suspects spend free on bail

• plea bargaining reduces the amount of time that pretrial detainees must spend in jail

• offenders who plea guilty to serious charges must wait longer to get in prison counselling trains, and education programs l

In boykin v, alabama (1969) the supreme court ruled that..

• when a guilty plea rests on a promise of a prosecutoes, it must be fulfilled

• plea bargained reduces the amount of time that released suspects send free on bail

• 
  defendants must uphold the plea agreement or suffer the

• defendants mus state that they are voluntarily making plea guilty