Chapter 9 Flashcards

Place where one could contest a traffic ticket

State court

Where an appeal would first go if an individual filed it being unhappy with a trial’s outcome

Intermediate appellate court

An attorney on public payroll that represents the accused

Public defender

A court that hears cases based on the type of parties involved

Special jurisdiction court

A formal criminal charge

Indictment

True or false: Courts that hear any civil or criminal case are known as special jurisdiction trial courts

False

The one who almost always issues sentences in noncapital cases

Judge

Merit selection is sometimes referred to as the ___

Missouri Plan

Relapse into criminal behavior

Recidivism

The Missouri Plan requires ___

Retention elections

The one who appoints all federal judges under the U.S. Constitution

The president

Which amendment grants the right to a jury trial in state criminal proceedings?

Sixth

Refers to appeals court or supreme court cases in which all the judges hear a case together

En banc

True or false: A court that can decide whether to review a case has discretionary jurisdiction

True

Where criminal and civil cases both start out

Trial court

The logical way to select judges if judicial accountability is more important than independence

Elections

The one who pursues the case on behalf of the people and usually seeks the incarceration of the accused in a criminal case

Prosecutor

Policy adopted by integrated family courts to serve the needs of families in recent years

One family, one judge

Some argue that judicial selection by ___ is compatible with the democratic traditions in the United States

Popular election

What merit selection of judges attempts to do

Limit the intrusion of politics

Who appears before a grand jury when a grand jury is involved

Prosecutors and their witnesses

Determines whether courts have the right to pick and choose which cases they hear

Discretionary jurisdiction

True pertaining to prosecutors

The prosecutor is often politically ambitious and views the job of chief prosecutor as a stepping stone

These cases involve violations of the law, with the government prosecuting the alleged perpetrators

Criminal

This type of jurisdiction is the requirement that judges consider every case, the principle being that everyone has the right to an appeal

Mandatory jurisdiction