2.14: Intro CJ Ch 5.3 Multiple Choice Questions (25)
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The phase of a juvenile delinquency proceeding analogous to the sentence in an adult trial.
- Disposition
- Discovery
- Pretrial Motions
- Adjudicated Delinquent
A Latin legal phrase meaning “for the public good;” often used to describe attorneys representing indigent clients free of charge.
- Petition
- Pro Bono Publico
- U.S. v. Salerno (1987)
- Not Guilty Plea
Similar to an adult trial, a fact finding process whereby the juvenile court determines if the allegations made in the petition were sustained.
- Judicial Diversion
- Adjudicatory Hearing
- Motion to Suppress
- U.S. v. Salerno (1987)
The landmark SCOUS decision that established the presumption of innocence in American criminal law.
- Coffin v. U.S. (1895)
- Pretrial Motions
- Bail Reform Act of 1984
- Not Guilty Plea
A plea meaning that the defendant denies culpability for the alleged criminal act.
- Guilty Plea
- Exculpatory Evidence
- Not Guilty Plea
- Bail Reform Act of 1984
A release from custody based strictly on the defendants promise to return to court for further proceedings.
- Release on Recognizance (ROR)
- Judicial Diversion
- Pretrial Motions
- Petition
An admission of culpability (blameworthiness) for a crime.
- Judicial Diversion
- Coffin v. U.S. (1895)
- Guilty Plea
- Pretrial Motions
Motions made before a trail gets underway, i.e. to suppress evidence or to dismiss the case entirely for want of evidence.
- Federal Public Defender
- Pretrial Motions
- Motion to Suppress
- Pro Bono Publico
A plea of “no contest.”
- Community Defender Organization
- Discovery
- Nolo Contendere Plea
- Disposition Hearing
A finding by a juvenile judge that the allegations against a juvenile are true; The juvenile court analog of a guilty verdict in adult court.
- Ex Parte
- Pro Bono Publico
- Criminal Justice Act (CJA)
- Sustaining the Petition
A court treatment of a case where no official record of a conviction is made if certain conditions are met by the defendant.
- Judicial Diversion
- Criminal Justice Act (CJA)
- Petition
- Adjudicatory Hearing
Procedures used to obtain disclosure of evidence before trial.
- Not Guilty Plea
- Discovery
- Adjudicatory Hearing
- Ex Parte
A juvenile that has been found guilty by a judge of committing a delinquent act.
- Pro Bono Publico
- Adjudicated Delinquent
- Bail Reform Act of 1984
- Racketeering and Corrupt Influence Organization (RICO)
Enacted in 1964 to establish a comprehensive system for appointing and compensating lawyers to represent defendants financially unable to retain counsel in federal criminal proceedings.
- Bifurcated Hearing
- Criminal Justice Act (CJA)
- Disposition
- Adjudicatory Hearing
A two-part juvenile court proceeding where the adjudicatory phase is separated from the disposition phase.
- Sustaining the Petition
- Bifurcated Hearing
- Motion to Suppress
- Racketeering and Corrupt Influence Organization (RICO)
A document filed in juvenile court alleging that a juvenile is a delinquent and asking that the court assume jurisdiction.
- Adjudicatory Hearing
- Petition
- Exculpatory Evidence
- Disposition
The phase in a juvenile delinquency hearing where the judge decides what to do with the juvenile; analogous to the sentencing phase in an adult trial.
- Coffin v. U.S. (1895)
- Pretrial Motions
- Adjudicated Delinquent
- Post-disposition Hearing
An attorney employed by the federal courts on a full-time basis to provide legal defense to defendants who are unable to afford counsel.
- Racketeering and Corrupt Influence Organization (RICO)
- Federal Public Defender
- Disposition Hearing
- Petition
Non-profit organizations that provide attorneys to indigent defendants in criminal cases.
- Not Guilty Plea
- U.S. v. Salerno (1987)
- Community Defender Organization
- Pretrial Motions
A federal statute designed to make it easier to prosecute organized crime cases.
- Racketeering and Corrupt Influence Organization (RICO)
- Criminal Justice Act (CJA)
- Federal Public Defender
- Pro Bono Publico
A landmark SCOTUS decision in which the court ruled that the pretrial detention of a dangerous defendant was not a due process violation so long as the dangerousness was proven.
- Guilty Plea
- U.S. v. Salerno (1987)
- Disposition Hearing
- Post-disposition Hearing
Evidence that tends to prove the innocence of the defendant in a criminal trial.
- U.S. v. Salerno (1987)
- Racketeering and Corrupt Influence Organization (RICO)
- Exculpatory Evidence
- Criminal Justice Act (CJA)
A formal request to a judge that certain evidence not be considered at trial.
- Disposition Hearing
- Motion to Suppress
- Petition
- Racketeering and Corrupt Influence Organization (RICO)
A federal law that authorizes and sets forth the procedures for a judicial officer to order the release or detention of an arrested person pending trial, sentence, and appeal.
- Post-disposition Hearing
- Adjudicatory Hearing
- Petition
- Bail Reform Act of 1984
A proceeding brought before a court by one party only, without notice to or challenge by the other side.
- Ex Parte
- Sustaining the Petition
- Exculpatory Evidence
- Release on Recognizance (ROR)
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