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CHAPTER 4
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Courts make public policy decisions.
2. Jurisdiction involves the authority of a court to hear a case.
3. Personal jurisdiction involves the authority conferred on a court to hear a particular type of case.
4. The term appellate jurisdiction refers to the authority of a court to hear the case initially.
5. The duties of the judicial branch of the federal government are listed in Article III of the Constitution.
6. Article III created a Supreme Court with six justices.
7. There are three primary tiers in the federal court system today.
8. Federal judges are appointed for a period of six years.
9. Indictments are issued by the prosecutor.
10. The U.S. Supreme Court is the “court of last resort” in cases involving constitutional rights.
11. The largest circuit court is the Fourth Circuit.
12. A writ of certiorari is an order to a lower court to send the record of the case to the Supreme Court.
13. The first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was John Jay.
14. A trial de novo is an order to a lower court to send the record of the case to the Supreme Court.
15. The criminal process formally begins with the filing of a complaint.
16. A grand jury issues an information.
17. The process of questioning a prospective juror is referred to as voir dire.
18. Removing a juror for bias is referred to as making a peremptory challenge.
19. Election of judges became popular during the 1950s.
20. Under the early common law, there were no public prosecutors.
21. Geographical jurisdiction refers to the authority of courts to hear cases that arise within specified boundaries.
22. The circuit court is the trial court, the court of original jurisdiction, for the federal court system.
23. Diversity of citizenship refers to the situation where opposing parties are from different states.
24. There are fifty-one federal courts of appeal, fifty for the fifty states and one for the federal government.
25. The rule of four states that four justices must agree to make a final decision on a case.
26. Sandra Day O’Connor was the first female appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
27. California is the only state with two courts of last resort.
28. Standing mute means that the defendant is refusing to plead.
29. The prosecution goes first in opening statements because it has the burden of proof.
30. A public defender is a private attorney who is paid by the state on a case-by-case basis to represent indigent defendants.