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2.22: CRJ 1C ch 1.4 Multiple Choice Questions (23)

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    A jury, usually composed of 23 jurors, that are tasked with determining if the state has enough evidence to hold a criminal trial.

    • Grand Jury
    • Preliminary Hearing
    • Standing Mute
    • Indictment

    A hearing to determine of enough evidence exists that a person committed a crime to move on to a trial.

    • Knowingly and Voluntarily
    • Preliminary Hearing
    • Magistrate
    • Grand Jury

    The first time an accused person is brought before a judge.

    • Arrest
    • Preliminary Hearing
    • Follow-Up Investigation
    • Initial Appearance

    A record maintained by a law enforcement agency concerning an arrest, including statements, evidence, and related charging information.

    • Magistrate
    • Follow-Up Investigation
    • Graham v. Connor (1989)
    • Arrest Report

    The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial.

    • Information
    • Indictment
    • Magistrate
    • Standing Mute

    A document that when filed with the court begins formal criminal proceedings against the defendant, such as complaints, information, and indictments.

    • Graham v. Connor (1989)
    • Charging Document
    • Grand Jury
    • Presentence Report

    Refusing to speak when asked a question, especially in court.

    • Standing Mute
    • Booking
    • Objectively Reasonable
    • Initial Appearance

    The lawyers in a case.

    • Counsel
    • Plea
    • Objectively Reasonable
    • Pretrial Services Officer

    Attorneys that conduct most of the trial work in which the United States is a party.

    • Grand Jury
    • U.S. Attorney
    • Knowingly and Voluntarily
    • Probable Cause

    The process of identifying, searching, and charging a person before they are admitted to jail.

    • Preliminary Investigation
    • Initial Appearance
    • Booking
    • Arrest Report

    A SCOTUS decision where an objective reasonableness standard was adopted for evaluating excessive force claims against police.

    • Knowingly and Voluntarily
    • Charging Document
    • Arrest Report
    • Graham v. Connor (1989)

    The deprivation of a person’s freedom of movement.

    • U.S. Attorney
    • Charging Document
    • Preliminary Hearing
    • Arrest

    Pretrial services officers focus on investigating the backgrounds of federal criminal defendants to help the court determine whether to release or detain them while they await trial.

    • Information
    • Objectively Reasonable
    • Pretrial Services Officer
    • Arrest Report

    A formal accusation by a government attorney that the defendant committed a criminal offense.

    • Preliminary Hearing
    • Booking
    • Magistrate
    • Information

    A report summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence.

    • Preliminary Hearing
    • Standing Mute
    • Presentence Report
    • Arrest

    A reasonably prudent and cautious person would find an office’s actions reasonable under the circumstances.

    • Objectively Reasonable
    • Booking
    • Plea
    • Preliminary Investigation

    A minor judicial official with limited authority.

    • Information
    • Magistrate
    • Indictment
    • Probable Cause

    The defendant’s statement of “guilty” or “not guilty” in answer to the charges.

    • Arrest Report
    • Graham v. Connor (1989)
    • Knowingly and Voluntarily
    • Plea

    Investigative activities that take place as soon as an officer arrives at the crime scene.

    • Objectively Reasonable
    • Indictment
    • Preliminary Investigation
    • Charging Document

    “…facts and circumstances within the officers’ knowledge…are sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed.”

    • Arrest
    • Probable Cause
    • Plea
    • Graham v. Connor (1989)

    An amount of force that a reasonable person would deem necessary to accomplish a lawful objective and no more.

    • Preliminary Investigation
    • Grand Jury
    • Reasonable Force
    • Presentence Report

    A legal requirement ( that defendants understand the potential outcomes of what they are doing, and that they are doing so free of coercion.

    • Preliminary Hearing
    • Magistrate
    • Knowingly and Voluntarily
    • Grand Jury

    Police information gathering that takes place between the filing of the initial report and the case being ready for trial.

    • Follow-Up Investigation
    • Plea
    • Magistrate
    • Probable Cause
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