Criminal Process – 2026 – Lecture Summary and Study
Material
Blanton vs. Las Vegas - correct answer ✔✔ holds that a defendant may be entitled to a jury trial
for petty offenses if they can show that additional penalties will result from a conviction
The ______ Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is concerned with a defendant's right to a trial
by jury - correct answer ✔✔ 6th
How many people arrested by the police are eventually convicted? - correct answer ✔✔ 50%
______ refers to understandings built up through common usage and also to decisions rendered
by courts in previous cases. - correct answer ✔✔ Precedent.
The focus of criminal justice: - correct answer ✔✔ 1. is only on violations of law
2. has a more narrow focus than social justice
Miranda Warning - correct answer ✔✔ 1. You have the right to remain silent
2. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law
3. You have the right to talk to a lawyer
Individual rights advocate - correct answer ✔✔ support the protection of personal civil rights
and freedoms
Miranda vs. Arizona - correct answer ✔✔ determined that a defendant must be advised of their
constitutional rights
, investigation - correct answer ✔✔ the beginning of the modern justice process
probable cause (PC) - correct answer ✔✔ the level of belief that allows the police to make an
arrest
justice - correct answer ✔✔ the principle of fairness or the idea of moral equity
Prelimary hearing determines: - correct answer ✔✔ 1. whether a crime was committed
2. whether it occurred in the court's jurisdiction
3. if there are grounds to believe the defendant committed the crime
booking - correct answer ✔✔ taking pictures and fingerprints of the suspect
arraignment - correct answer ✔✔ The defendant enters a plea:
1. "nolo contendere"
2. not guilty
3. guilty
consensus model - correct answer ✔✔ the system's subcomponents work together to acheive
justice
Guilty pleas... - correct answer ✔✔ are not always accepted by a judge
Trials... - correct answer ✔✔ are expensive and time consuming
Consecutive sentence - correct answer ✔✔ each sentence is served following the completion of
the previous
Material
Blanton vs. Las Vegas - correct answer ✔✔ holds that a defendant may be entitled to a jury trial
for petty offenses if they can show that additional penalties will result from a conviction
The ______ Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is concerned with a defendant's right to a trial
by jury - correct answer ✔✔ 6th
How many people arrested by the police are eventually convicted? - correct answer ✔✔ 50%
______ refers to understandings built up through common usage and also to decisions rendered
by courts in previous cases. - correct answer ✔✔ Precedent.
The focus of criminal justice: - correct answer ✔✔ 1. is only on violations of law
2. has a more narrow focus than social justice
Miranda Warning - correct answer ✔✔ 1. You have the right to remain silent
2. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law
3. You have the right to talk to a lawyer
Individual rights advocate - correct answer ✔✔ support the protection of personal civil rights
and freedoms
Miranda vs. Arizona - correct answer ✔✔ determined that a defendant must be advised of their
constitutional rights
, investigation - correct answer ✔✔ the beginning of the modern justice process
probable cause (PC) - correct answer ✔✔ the level of belief that allows the police to make an
arrest
justice - correct answer ✔✔ the principle of fairness or the idea of moral equity
Prelimary hearing determines: - correct answer ✔✔ 1. whether a crime was committed
2. whether it occurred in the court's jurisdiction
3. if there are grounds to believe the defendant committed the crime
booking - correct answer ✔✔ taking pictures and fingerprints of the suspect
arraignment - correct answer ✔✔ The defendant enters a plea:
1. "nolo contendere"
2. not guilty
3. guilty
consensus model - correct answer ✔✔ the system's subcomponents work together to acheive
justice
Guilty pleas... - correct answer ✔✔ are not always accepted by a judge
Trials... - correct answer ✔✔ are expensive and time consuming
Consecutive sentence - correct answer ✔✔ each sentence is served following the completion of
the previous
