CRM, chapter 10

allow the defendant to enter a plea

A preliminary hearing is held to:

first appearance

An appearance before a magistrate during which the legality of the defendant's arrest is initially assessed and the defendant is informed of the charges on which he or she is being held is known as:

Jodi Arias

An example of a trial that gains national attention and becomes a media circus occurred with whose 2013 conviction for murder?

a motion

An oral or written request made to a court at any time before, during, or after court proceedings, asking the court to make a specified finding, decision, or order is also known as:

closing argument

An oral summation of a case presented to a judge, or to a judge and jury, by the prosecution or by the defense in a criminal trial is called the:

prevent people who have not been convicted from suffering imprisonment unnecessarily

Bail serves two purposes. One is to help ensure the reappearance of the accused at trail. The other is to:

within 48 hours

McNabb v. U.S. formally established that a defendant being held in custody has a right to appear in court before a magistrate:

the pretrial release of a criminal defendant on his or her written promise to appear in court as required

Release on recognizance is defined as:

first appearance

The formal notice of charges is made at what stage of the court process?

to determine the guilt or innocence of a defendant

The primary purpose of the criminal trial is:

conditional release

The releasably executive decision of a prisoner from a federal or state correctional facility who has not served his or her full sentence and whose freedom is contingent on obeying specified rules of behavior is called a:

the adversarial system

The two-sided structure under which American criminal trial courts operate is also known as:

real evidence

Weapons, tire tracks, and fingerprints are examples of which type of evidence?

court-watch groups

Which is an example of a group designed to help improve the court system and the adjudication process?

verdict

Which is the decision of the jury in a jury trial or of a judicial officer in a nonjury trial and decides the guilt or innocence of a defendant?

grand juries

Which of the following are comprised of citizens to hear evidence presented by the prosecution and served primarily as filters to eliminate cases for which there is not sufficient evidence for further processing?

challenges for knowledge

Which of the following is NOT a type of juror challenge?

testimony

Which of the following refers to oral evidence offered by a sworn witness the witness stand during a criminal trial?

nolo contendere

Which of the following types of pleas is most similar to a guilty plea?