Who has Jurisdiction?
The state where the crime occurred has the authority to prosecute it, even though the defendant lives elsewhere.
What is a Court of Limited Jurisdiction?
What are the intermediate federal appellate courts?
A prosecutor offers a reduced sentence in exchange for a guilty plea using this practice.
What is plea bargaining?
The panel that decides guilt or innocence in the case.
What is a Jury?
This type of jurisdiction is lacking when a traffic court attempts to hear a felony murder case.
What is subject matter jurisdiction?
A formal request asking the Court to review a lower court decision.
What is a Writ of Certiorari?
An error that does not affect the outcome of a case and therefore does not require reversal.
What is a harmless error?
This actor issues warrants, both search and arrest warrants, based on probable cause showings.
What is the Judge?
The first step of the jury selection process that involves assembling eligible citizens.
What is the Jury Pool?
In cases such as drug trafficking or kidnapping, both state and federal courts have authority.
What is Concurrent Jurisdiction?
What is the Court of General Jurisdiction?
The type of jurisdiction most intermediate appellate courts have over district criminal appeals.
What is mandatory jurisdiction?
An indigent defendant facing a felony is appointed an attorney because of this landmark Supreme Court decision.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
During questioning, a juror admits they have an inability to be fair, so an attorney has the right to remove this juror with this challenge.
What is a Challenge for Cause?
Because bank robbery is a federal crime, a defendant charged in Chicago will face this jurisdiction.
What is federal subject matter jurisdiction?
The process in which a case is retried completely from scratch with new evidence, new testimony, and a new verdict.
What is Trial De Novo?
A party may petition for all active judges of the circuit to rehear a case with this.
What is an En Bank Review?
This power is being exercised when a prosecutor chooses to file three separate felony counts instead of one.
What are Charging Discretion/Decisions?
The step in the process where jurors are questioned to assess their fitness for the case.
What is Voir Dire?
This jurisdiction is established through presence, residency, or service of process.
What is Personal Jurisdiction?
A case that involves a constitutional challenge to federal statutes is heard in this type of court.
What are the U.S. District Courts?
This is the process of reviewing the written record from the district court to ensure the trial judge correctly applied the law, admitted evidence properly, and followed constitutional requirements.
What is a Review for Legal Error?
Designed to balance judicial independence with public accountability, this selection system avoids contested elections but still allows voters to remove judges.
What is merit selection (The Missouri Plan)?
Because of this case, striking a juror because of race is unconstitutional.
What is Batson v. Kentucky (1986)?