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Which of the following statements about jury selection is NOT true?
Attorneys have an unlimited number of “challenges for cause.”
Judges may conduct initial interviews excusing certain classes of people, including felons and the mentally ill.
Peremptory challenges require attorneys to state a reason for dismissing a juror.
all of these
How has the Court ruled on the right to state-funded counsel for indigent defendants during the appeals process?
The right extends through the first obligatory appeal but not to discretionary appeals.
The right extends through discretionary appeals, including appeals to the Supreme Court.
The right extends to all discretionary appeals except to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The right does not extend to any appeals.
Gideon v. Wainwright overruled the Supreme Court’s decision in what previous case?
Powell v. Alabama
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Johnson v. Zerbst
Betts v. Brady
What Amendment contains the Double Jeopardy Clause?
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Eighth
In Salerno the Court ______.
denied all bail requests
struck the Bail Reform Act that allows judges to deny bail to certain defendants
upheld the Bail Reform Act that allows judges to deny bail to certain defendants
ruled that all defendants should be afforded bail in every case
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act was ______.
upheld in Felker v. Turpin
ruled unconstitutional in Felker v. Turpin
What two justices argued that the death penalty is unconstitutional in all circumstances in their decisions in both Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia?
Douglas and Stewart
Marshall and Stewart
Brennan and Marshall
Marshall and Douglas
Which statement best describes the Supreme Court’s decision in Powell v. Alabama (the Scottsboro Boys Case)?
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to counsel for every defendant.
Unusual circumstances (i.e. capital offenses) necessitate counsel to ensure fairness for the defendants.
The Sixth Amendment does not guarantee defendants the right to counsel.
The defendants in Powell v. Alabama received an adequate defense given the circumstances of the crime.
Which of the following is a finding of the Baldus study that examined discrepancy in death penalty cases for the McCleskey v. Kemp case?
The chances of receiving a death sentence were greater for defendants whose victims were white than for defendants whose victims were black.
Of the cases studied in which death was imposed, 87 percent involved white victims.
Black defendants were more likely than other defendants to receive a death sentence.
Which of the following circumstances did the Supreme Court say violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment?
A judge removed a disruptive and abusive defendant, and the trial proceeded without the accused present.
A child witness testified behind a screen so the child would not have to see the defendant.
A child witness testified on a closed circuit television so the child would not have to see the defendant.
According to the Court in Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia, what two Amendments in conjunction with each other guarantee the right of the public to attend trials?
First and Eighth
First and Fourteenth
Fifth and Eighth
Fifth and Fourteenth
Which of the following statements is true?
A defendant who robs multiple victims at once can be tried in separate trials for robbing each victim until a guilty verdict is reached.
Separate governments (including separate states) can prosecute an individual for the same incident if it occurred in multiple jurisdictions.
The government can appeal not guilty verdicts.
none of these
Which statement best describes U.S. public opinion on the issue of the death penalty?
The public overwhelmingly supports the death penalty in all cases.
The public overwhelmingly disapproves of the death penalty in all cases.
The public supports the death penalty in some cases, but tends to oppose the death penalty when the defendant is mentally ill or is a juvenile.
The public is evenly divided over whether the death penalty should exist in any case.
What Amendment prohibits excessive bail?
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
The Supreme Court has ruled that less than unanimous verdicts violate the Sixth Amendment.
The Supreme Court has ruled that juries can be smaller than 12 people.
The Supreme Court has ruled that it violates the Constitution to intentionally eliminate prospective jurors based solely on race.
The Supreme Court has ruled that it violates the Constitution to intentionally eliminate prospective jurors based solely on gender.
