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The values and norms shared by members of a particular court community about how cases should be handled, and the way court officials should behave is called the
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The behavior of the defendant in the courtroom has no impact on how they are treated by the judge
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Question 1 The values and norms shared by members of a particular court community about how cases should be handled, and the way court officials should behave is called the | local legal culture |
Question 2 The behavior of the defendant in the courtroom has no impact on how they are treated by the judge | False |
Question 3 Which of the following would NOT be considered part of the local legal culture? | criminal defendant |
Question 4 Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a workgroup? | continued interaction brings conflict |
Question 5 Plea bargaining was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court but it is still practiced informally. | False |
Question 7 Which best describes how often cases are plea bargained? | a vast majority of cases are plea bargained |
Question 8 Plea bargaining has always been publicly acknowledged by the legal community | False |
Question 9 In Santobello v. New York (1971), the United States Supreme Court ruled that | when a guilty plea rests on a promise of a prosecutor, it must be fulfilled |
Question 10 In Blackledge v. Allison (1976), Justice Potter Stewart argued that plea bargaining | benefits all concerned in a criminal case |
Question 11 Prosecutors who purport to ban plea bargaining often do not acknowledge that exceptions exist and that charge bargaining and other negotiated resolutions continue to occur. | True |
Question 12 During plea bargaining, a multiple-offense indictment is a tactic used by a(n) | prosecutor |
Question 13 In North Carolina v. Alford (1970), the Court ruled that | a plea of guilty may be accepted for the purpose of a lesser sentence by a defendant who maintains his or her innocence |
Question 14 Plea bargaining between defense attorney and prosecutor usually occurs in one single meeting. | False |
Question 15 In Ricketts v. Adamson (1987), the Supreme Court ruled that | defendants must uphold the plea agreement or suffer the consequences |
Question 16 The right of the accused to a speedy and public trial is found in the | Sixth Amendment |
Question 17 Defendants must state they made their pleas voluntarily in order for them to be accepted by a judge. | True |
Question 18 How many felony cases actually go to trial | about one in ten |
Question 19 Which of the following is true about judges in France? | French judges are promoted to higher courts only after long and distinguished careers |