Criminal Courts (U.S.) Quiz # 3

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Quiz:	Criminal Courts (U.S.) Quiz # 3
Subject:	Prosecutors
Total Questions:	30 MCQs
Time:	30 Minutes

Criminal Courts (U.S.) Quiz # 3

Prosecutors have a great deal of discretion.

Even though the jobs are filled using different methods, U.S. Attorneys and Assistant U.S. Attorneys carry out essentially the same tasks on a day-to-day basis.

Large prosecutors’ offices maintain a bureaucratic organizational structure.

Prosecutors often advise police on the legality of various aspects of the investigations process.

Under a vertical model of prosecution, assistant prosecutors are assigned to units that handle specific steps or functions in the judicial process that are routine in nature and involve limited discretion.

Though the prosecution does have some discretion in the plea bargain process, a judge can force a defendant to take a plea bargain that the judge deems “reasonable.”

Prosecutors are required to disclose all of their evidence to the defense before trial.

Prosecuting attorneys’ offices are responsible for a number of duties relating to child welfare.

Individuality in a courtroom is a highly desired trait.

The primary purpose of the prosecutor in trial is to seek a conviction.

State systems of prosecution are extremely ______.

Specialization and bureaucracy are characteristic of what type of prosecutors’ office?

Which of the following is NOT one of the models of prosecution discussed in the textbook?

What is the primary role of the prosecutor’s office?

Why are sexual assaults rarely prosecuted?

Criminal defense attorneys have the same responsibilities to seek justice as do prosecutors.

The right to defense counsel applies only to defendants charged with felonies.

The use of fixed-price contracts has been condemned by the American Bar Association.

Private attorneys hired by a defendant spend more time, on average, with the defendant than a court-assigned attorney.

Courts typically require pro se defendants to use standby counsel as an advisor.

Tactical decisions are made by defendants.

Most challenges of counsel effectiveness have been successful due to the counsel being so very poor.

The right to counsel continues even after a defendant’s conviction.

Typically, prosecutors and public defenders are paid about the same, based on experience and jurisdiction.

The two-pronged test to assess for counsel ineffectiveness is known as the ______.

Defendants make all of the following decisions, except ______.

In which court case did the Supreme Court did the U.S. Supreme Court address for the first time whether criminal defendants had a right to have an attorney provided to them at state expense?

Once the right to counsel has attached, a defendant has the right to an attorney at what stage(s) in the court process?

Which of the following is a type of contract attorney program?

Judges typically have no interest in seeing plea bargains struck one way or the other.