Amendments
What amendments protects a person from Double Jeopardy?
The 5th Amendment
What is another name for a state trial court?
A district court
A plea that denies criminal guilt
Not guilty
Who issues a search warrant?
A judge
A criminal case typically starts with what action?
An arrest
What amendments protects people from "unreasonable search and seizures?"
The 4th Amendment
What court are most criminal cases tried in?
State court
A plea that admits guilt to a charge
guilty
What is the legal document that gives the government the ability to search and/or arrest someone?
A warrant
This document orders a witness to appear in court.
What Amendment states that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."
Who decides whether a suspect is charged with a crime?
A prosecutor
A plea that doesn't admit to guilt, but will not be argued in a criminal case.
no contest
What is the amount of evidence necessary to obtain a warrant or conduct most searches and seizures?
Probable cause
Which of the following cases required that defendants must be informed of certain rights prior to custodial interrogation?
Miranda v. Arizona
What Amendments give a person the right to counsel, a speedy trial and to cross-examine a witness?
The 6th Amendment
Who is considered a state's head law enforcement officer?
The attorney general
When a person admits guilt to a lesser charge and/or lesser sentence that the original
Accepting a plea bargain
What rule states that evidence obtained in violation of an individual's Fourth Amendment rights cannot be used against him or her in a criminal trial.
The exclusionary rule
This is a clause of the U.S. Constitution that represents the proposition that government laws and proceedings must be fair.
Due process
What Amendment prevents excessive bail placed on someone who is being charged with a federal crime?
This is a small group of citizens who determine whether a criminal defendant is guilty of the crimes with which he or she is charged.
A petit jury.
Who must approve that a plea bargain was done so voluntarily?
A judge
Name a location that would be considered protected from search/seizure without a warrant
A person's home.
The process in which an attorney requests that opposing counsel or other parties provide certain evidence or information is known as?
Discovery