2.15: Intro CJ Ch 5.4 Multiple Choice Questions (29)

Evidence that requires an inference be made by the finder of fact.

• Circumstantial Evidence
• Foreperson
• Bifurcated Trial
• Hearsay

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right of the people to be given fair notice of the charges against them.

• Bifurcated Trial
• Jury Nullification
• Aggravating Circumstances
• Right to Notice of Accusations

Legal rules that govern what, how, and for what purpose evidence can be admitted into court.

• Charge to the Jury
• Rules of Evidence
• Hearsay
• Aggravating Circumstances

An individual liberty guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment; the basic purpose of the right is to prevent accused persons from being found guilty of a crime in an unfair way.

• Hung Jury
• Right to a Trial by Jury
• Direct Evidence
• Foreperson

A trial without a jury, in which the judge serves as the fact-finder.

• Testimonial Evidence
• Closing Arguments
• Alibi
• Bench Trial

The leader and spokesperson for a jury who is usually responsible for reading the jury’s verdict in court.

• Foreperson
• Rules of Evidence
• Sequester
• Challenge for Cause

A request after a legal judgement has been made that a new trial be given because of significant legal errors in the first trial.

• Mitigating Circumstances
• Aggravating Circumstances
• Motion for a New Trial
• Voir Dire

A type of challenge used in the voir dire process that excludes a potential juror for a stated reason that is allowed by law.

• Voir Dire
• Confrontation Clause
• Challenge for Cause
• Rules of Evidence

Situational factors that can serve to reduce the culpability of a criminal act, such as the defendant’s age, metal disease, or lack of a prior criminal record.

• Sequester
• Right to a Public Trial
• Mitigating Circumstances
• Hung Jury

The unconstitutional practice of prosecuting a person twice for the same offense within the same jurisdiction.

• Double Jeopardy
• Right to a Public Trial
• Rebuttal
• Hearsay

A clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution which provides that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”

• Motion for a New Trial
• Mitigating Circumstances
• Bifurcated Trial
• Confrontation Clause

A finding of not guilty by a jury that believes the defendant does not deserve punishment.

• Rules of Evidence
• Testimonial Evidence
• Closing Arguments
• Jury Nullification

The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to face their accusers in court.

• Right to a Speedy Trial
• Hearsay
• Peremptory Challenge
• Right to Confront Witnesses

A judge’s explanation of the applicable law to the jury at the conclusion of a criminal trial prior to jury deliberation.

• Mitigating Circumstances
• Testimonial Evidence
• Charge to the Jury
• Jury Instructions

A legal defense based on the claim of being elsewhere when a crime occurred.

• Right to a Speedy Trial
• Right to a Public Trial
• Charge to the Jury
• Alibi

Rules established by the SCOTUS in an effort to codify the many rules of presenting evidence in federal criminal courts.

• Right to a Public Trial
• Right to Notice of Accusations
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Right to Confront Witnesses

Situational factors that increase the seriousness or culpability of a criminal act, such as the heinousness of the crime.

• Foreperson
• Peremptory Challenge
• Aggravating Circumstances
• Bifurcated Trial

An individual liberty guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. The purpose is to keep justice out in the open.

• Mitigating Circumstances
• Right to a Trial by Jury
• Right to a Public Trial
• Hung Jury

Evidence presented by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.

• Challenge for Cause
• Hearsay
• Jury Nullification
• Charge to the Jury

A jury unable to reach a decision as to the guilt of the defendant; results in a mistrial.

• Right to a Public Trial
• Hung Jury
• Bench Trial
• Closing Arguments

An oral or written assertion offered into evidence as proof of a fact.

• Right to a Speedy Trial
• Closing Arguments
• Bifurcated Trial
• Testimonial Evidence

An individual liberty guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment; the basic purpose of the right is to prevent accused persons from languishing in jail.

• Motion for a New Trial
• Right to a Public Trial
• Circumstantial Evidence
• Right to a Speedy Trial

A reiteration of each side’s important arguments at the conclusion of a criminal trial.

• Double Jeopardy
• Challenge for Cause
• Circumstantial Evidence
• Closing Arguments

A trial that has a first phase where guilt is determined, and then a second phase where the sentence is determined.

• Hung Jury
• Foreperson
• Closing Arguments
• Bifurcated Trial

The phase of a criminal trial where an effort by one side is made to refute the evidence of the other side.

• Hung Jury
• Rebuttal
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Circumstantial Evidence

Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors, to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for a challenge.

• Right to a Trial by Jury
• Hearsay
• Voir Dire
• Right to Notice of Accusations

Evidence that proves the truth of an assertion without the need for any inferences.

• Closing Arguments
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Right to a Trial by Jury
• Direct Evidence

To isolate members of a jury so they are not exposed to outside information about a case.

• Hearsay
• Sequester
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Circumstantial Evidence

A court may grant each side in a civil or criminal trial the right to exclude a certain number of prospective jurors without cause or giving a reason.

• Right to a Public Trial
• Hung Jury
• Peremptory Challenge
• Rules of Evidence

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