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Criminal Justice- Ch. 13

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The U.S. Supreme Court has approved six-member juries in criminal cases.

A) True
B) False
A) True
The Federal Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968 was designed to ensure that no citizen shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the district courts of the United States on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status.

A) True
B) False
A) True
A judicial order that prohibits persons involved with the case from providing information to the media is called a(n) ____________ order.
gag
Failing to respond to a jury summons can result in a warrant being issued for arrest; punishments include ____________________.

A) 30 days in jail
B) $150 fine
C) fines or jail sentences
D) none of these answers is correct
C) fines or jail sentences
Before the first word of testimony, trials pass through the critical stage of jury selection. Juries are chosen in a process that combin
deliberate choice. Jury selection occurs in three stages: compiling a master list, summoning the venire, and conducting voir dire. V produce fair and impartial juries has been the subject of much concern.
Basing the master jury list on voter registration tends to exclude which of the following?

A) the poor
B) the young
C) racial minorities
D) All of these answers are correct
D) All of these answers are correct
Attorneys in criminal trials have an unlimited number of peremptory challenges.

A) True
B) False
B) False
__________________ challenges involve strikes of potential jurors because they have some relationship to one of the "principals" or participants in the case.
Principal
Lupe is exercising her right to a jury trial in state court for attempted murder. Which of the following rights does she most like have during the trial?

A) the right to a supermajority verdict
B) the right to a unanimous verdict
C) the right to a simple majority verdict
D) the right to have no media coverage during the trial
B) the right to a unanimous verdict
In __________________________, the privilege against self-incrimination was found to prohibit the prosecutor from commenting on the defendant's failure to testify during trial.

A) Duncan v. Louisiana
B) Sheppard v. Maxwell
C) Griffin v. California
D) Williams v. Florida
C) Griffin v. California
What is the term indicating that a prosecutor in a criminal case must produce some evidence to justify moving a case forward?

A) burden of proof
B) burden of evidence
C) burden of production
D) burden of instructions
C) burden of production
A jury that is unable to reach a verdict is called a hung jury.

A) True
B) False
A) True
Someone with a(n) ______________ exemption may be a political office-holder or a paramedic.
statutory
Which of the following types of evidence is generally NOT admissible at trial?

A) DNA
B) fingerprint
C) hair analysis
D) polygraph
D) polygraph
The First Amendment limits the power of judges to control media coverage of a trial.

A) True
B) False
A) True
When citizens are selected to be in a jury pool, they will be notified via a(n) ______________, a document that commands these selected citizens to appear at the courthouse for jury duty.
summons
The minimum size criminal jury approved by the U.S. Supreme Court is _____________.

A) 6 persons
B) 8 persons
C) 10 persons
D) 12 persons
A) 6 persons
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that juries do not have to consist of 12 members.

A) True
B) False
A) True
What might happen to a jury if a judge is concerned about publicity in a trial?

A) They might be nullified.
B) They might be summoned.
C) They might be venire.
D) They might be sequestered.
D) They might be sequestered.
How many challenges for cause may be made by the prosecution and the defense in a felony criminal trial?

A) five
B) ten
C) fifteen
D) an unlimited number
D) an unlimited number
During the _____________ century, the size of English juries became fixed at 12.

A) 14th
B) 15th
C) 16th
D) 17th
A) 14th
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