Prosecutors
Assuming good behavior, federal U.S. Attorneys serve terms for ______.
What is 4 years?
The term for when an individual is so poor they lack even basic necessities.
What is indigency?
The key term for what judges considers when granting warrants.
What is sufficient specificity (what/where)?
This case officially applied the exclusionary rule to the states in 1961.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
In one study, this percentage of seated judges ran unopposed in their election.
What is 84%
This model of prosecution generally has a lead prosecutor on a case follow it from beginning to end.
What is the vertical model?
The percentage of criminal defendants who qualify for public defense.
What is 90%?
Independence, Accountability
This is the term for allowing evidence in a trial if a police officer executes a search warrant that was issued by a neutral and detached magistrate that is ultimately found to be invalid.
What is the good faith exception?
The most recent judge seated on the US Supreme Court bench.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
The current U.S. Attorney General.
Who is Merrick Garland?
In this type of public defense approach, a contract lawyer or firm agrees to accept an unknown number of cases within contract period for single flat fee
Fixed price contract program
This term refers to how the president will consult with lawmakers operating near the federal jurisdiction where a judge will be installed.
What is senatorial courtesy?
This legislation established that victims have the right to be informed, to attend, and to be heard about their cases.
What is the Crime Victim's Rights Act of 2004?
Defense attorneys can break confidentiality in this scenario.
What is when they know that their client is going to perjure themselves (lie) on the stand?
This populist era led to more states using an election scheme for installing prosecutors.
What is the Jacksonian Era?
The two-prongs of the Strickland test.
What is 1.) Was the attorney's performance deficient? 2.) Did the performance injure the defendant?
What is Caperton v. Massey Coal?
The Amendment and Clause that gives the defendant the right to compel individuals to appear in court and testify as witnesses.
What is the 6th Amendment (the compulsory clause)?
Name 3 non-prosecutorial duties of a prosecutor.
Legal assistance and advice to the government, Juvenile and dependency matters, Child support enforcement, Victim assistance, Civil asset forfeitures
The three key factors prosecutors consider when making charging decisions
•Offense seriousness
•Offender’s culpability
•Likelihood of conviction
This judge wrote the dissenting opinion in Betts v. Brady and later wrote the majority opinion for Gideon v. Wainwright
Who is Judge Hugo Black?
An elected judge decides to retire before the end of her term. What is the most likely way that she will be replaced?
A governor appointment
Factors the court will consider when deciding if there has been a violation of a defendant’s right to a speedy trial.
What is the length of the delay, the reason for the delay, and the prejudice caused by the delay? *Also, did the defendant assert right to a speedy trial? (this comes from Barker v. Wingo!).
The two cases, following Gideon v. Wainwright, that established the limits of right to counsel (whether a defendant was looking at incarceration)