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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  
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Question 2 The behavior of the defendant in the courtroom has no impact on how they are treated by the judge   False  
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Question 3 Which of the following would NOT be considered part of the local legal culture?   criminal defendant  
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Question 4 Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a workgroup?   continued interaction brings conflict  
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Question 5 Plea bargaining was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court but it is still practiced informally.   False  
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Question 7 Which best describes how often cases are plea bargained?   a vast majority of cases are plea bargained  
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Question 8 Plea bargaining has always been publicly acknowledged by the legal community   False  
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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  
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Question 10 In Blackledge v. Allison (1976), Justice Potter Stewart argued that plea bargaining   benefits all concerned in a criminal case  
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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  
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Question 12 During plea bargaining, a multiple-offense indictment is a tactic used by a(n)   prosecutor  
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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  
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Question 14 Plea bargaining between defense attorney and prosecutor usually occurs in one single meeting.   False  
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Question 15 In Ricketts v. Adamson (1987), the Supreme Court ruled that   defendants must uphold the plea agreement or suffer the consequences  
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Question 16 The right of the accused to a speedy and public trial is found in the   Sixth Amendment  
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Question 17 Defendants must state they made their pleas voluntarily in order for them to be accepted by a judge.   True  
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Question 18 How many felony cases actually go to trial   about one in ten  
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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  
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