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Which of the following objectives of the criminal justice system best describes the idea that the guilty
should be convicted and the innocent go free? - ✔✔Accuracy
Which of the following best describes the criminal justice system objective of equality? - ✔✔All
defendants should receive the same quality of justice
What level of proof must be established for a police officer to make an arrest? - ✔✔probable cause
warrants are obtained for all but which of the following purposes? - ✔✔to press charges
which of the following amendments to the US constitution do not address issues of criminal procedure?
- ✔✔first amendment
which organization has the legal authority to interpret and apply the rules established in the US
constitution? - ✔✔the US supreme court
where must one look when the US supreme court has yet to answer a question regarding the US
constitution? - ✔✔state supreme courts
of all the sources for american procedural law, which is the oldest? - ✔✔common law
the US supreme court derives its authority to create federal rules of criminal procedure from
_____________ - ✔✔the US congress
which of the following designates which cases are hard by the federal courts and which are heard by the
state courts? - ✔✔the US constitution
, including the federal circuit court of appeals in washington DC , there are _______ circuit courts in the
united states. - ✔✔thirteen
the concept of precedent, central to supreme court decision making, is based on which legal principle? -
✔✔stare decisis
w criminal trial not held before a jury is known as a/an _______? - ✔✔bench trial
which of the following is not a standard method by which state court judges are selected? - ✔✔election
by judges
US supreme court eras are typically named after _________. - ✔✔the chief justice of that court
stare decisis literally means which of teh following? - ✔✔to stand by precedent and to stand by settled
points
which of the following is the primary source of criminal procedure? - ✔✔the US constitution
which of the following is only crime mentioned by name in the US constitution? - ✔✔treason
which of the following states that the US constitution and laws passed by the US congress eclipse state
constitutions and state laws? - ✔✔supremacy clause
which of the following is not a set of rules or guidelines for criminal procedure? - ✔✔the model penal
code
in which constitutional amendment is the due process clause? - ✔✔fourteenth amendment
which of the following events in US history served as a major turning point in the application of the bill
of rights to the states? - ✔✔the civil war