Survey of Law Final Study Guide
Which of the following statements concerning the severance of parties charged with a criminal offense is incorrect?
Answer: A trial judge has broad discretion to deny a motion for severance even when counsel demonstrate that two defendants will present conflicting and irreconcilable defenses.
Which of the following statements is correct?
Answer: Most states have now adopted liberal rules allowing pretrial discovery in criminal cases.
Which of the following is not a component of a pretrial process? Answer: sentencing of the defendant
The singling out of an individual for prosecution based on that person’s race of religion is known as selective prosecution.
Disruptive courtroom behavior by defendants, witnesses, and spectators is most likely to be encountered in political trials where there may be support for the cause the defendants claim represents.
False, Once a physician offered by the prosecution as an expert witness testifies to his or her qualifications, cross-examination as to those qualifications by the defense is not permitted.
A skip tracer is one who seeks out absconding defendants to assist sureties who have posted bonds guaranteeing a defendants appearance before the court.
If, after deliberating for a considerable time, a jury reports that it is deadlocked, the trial judge may do any of the following except:
Answer: direct the jury to render “guilty” or “not guilty” within a specified short period of time.
In Baston v. Kentucky (1986), the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges to exclude African-Americans from a jury trying an African-American defendants was ground for the defendant to claim discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
If the prosecution offered in evidence a relevant, but unsigned, statement purportedly made by a defense witness, the defense counsel would ordinarily object on the ground of the best evidence rule.
True, the Eighth
Answer: A trial judge has broad discretion to deny a motion for severance even when counsel demonstrate that two defendants will present conflicting and irreconcilable defenses.
Which of the following statements is correct?
Answer: Most states have now adopted liberal rules allowing pretrial discovery in criminal cases.
Which of the following is not a component of a pretrial process? Answer: sentencing of the defendant
The singling out of an individual for prosecution based on that person’s race of religion is known as selective prosecution.
Disruptive courtroom behavior by defendants, witnesses, and spectators is most likely to be encountered in political trials where there may be support for the cause the defendants claim represents.
False, Once a physician offered by the prosecution as an expert witness testifies to his or her qualifications, cross-examination as to those qualifications by the defense is not permitted.
A skip tracer is one who seeks out absconding defendants to assist sureties who have posted bonds guaranteeing a defendants appearance before the court.
If, after deliberating for a considerable time, a jury reports that it is deadlocked, the trial judge may do any of the following except:
Answer: direct the jury to render “guilty” or “not guilty” within a specified short period of time.
In Baston v. Kentucky (1986), the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges to exclude African-Americans from a jury trying an African-American defendants was ground for the defendant to claim discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
If the prosecution offered in evidence a relevant, but unsigned, statement purportedly made by a defense witness, the defense counsel would ordinarily object on the ground of the best evidence rule.
True, the Eighth