Fundamentals of Criminal Law Exam #1
Primary sources of law include law journals, legal dictionaries, legal encyclopedias, and treatises
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...State Supreme courts that give another review to cases after granting petitions for writ of stare decisis
False
Clarence Thomas is the longest serving justice on the United States Supreme Court
True
An example of a constitution is the Civil Right Act of 1964
False
An example of mala se crime is jaywalking, while an example of mala prohibita crime is murder
False
Common law is derived from early Italian Law
False
Lex talionis is a legal doctrine states that courts are to use previous cases as a precedent for how similar cases should be decided
False
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the most widely cited method of measuring crime in the United States
False
The Third Amendment to the United States constitution grants the freedom of assembly
False
The legislative branch carries out the laws and prioritizes which laws are most important in terms of enforcement
False
Within the sequence of events in the criminal justice system illustrated by the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, a pardon or clemency is part of the prosecution stage
False
in blank vs Ohio, the United States Supreme Court decided that the Fifth Amendment Right against self-incrimination requires police to advise a suspect in custody of their right to remain silent
False
Civil liberties are limitations on a government power to protect freedoms, while civil rights are guarantees that the government will treat people equally
True
During the arrangement stage of criminal trial process the defendant enters a plea to the criminal charges
True
In 2022, in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc v Bryan, the United States Supreme Court expanded gun rights
True
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most recently appointed justice to the United States Supreme Court
True
The First Amendment to the United States constitution grants the freedom of speech
True
The consensus perspective views law as the product of social agreement about what criminal behavior is
True
We have both a federal system of law and a state system of law due to the constitutional concept of federalism
True
Within the sequence of events in the criminal justice system illustrated by the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, adjudication occurs before sentencing and sanctions
True
