Exam 9: Courts and Pretrial Processes

The amount of money specified by a judge to be paid as a condition of pretrial release is called ____________________.

Trial courts of _________ jurisdiction handle only misdemeanors and lawsuits involving small amounts of money.

As __________,all judges must deal with political actors such as county commissioners,legislators,and members of the state executive bureaucracy.

Most felony cases are disposed of by dismissals.