Exam 11: Determination of Guilt: Plea Bargaining and Trials

Is the jury selection process used in U.S.courts fair to defendants? Discuss whether some defendants may be disadvantaged by the system.

You are a defense attorney representing several players on a college lacrosse team who are accused of statutory rape and assault after a fraternity house party.There is a public outcry surrounding the case,and there are questions about whether the courts will be able to find impartial jurors for the case.During the discovery,you find incriminating images,some of which were uploaded to a social media site,that make a guilty verdict very likely.Your clients still want to go to trial.How will you convince them to cop a plea?

Santobello v.New York determined that ____________ must fulfill their promises in regard to plea bargains.

The research of Eisenstein and Jacob on the impact of courtroom workgroups across major cities revealed that

Eli is a public defender representing his client in a first-degree murder case.Roxy,his client,does not want to make a plea.Eli is not sure what the outcome of this case will be since there are no eyewitnesses.Which of the following factors most increases the likelihood of Roxy's case going to trial?

The ______ is the missing actor in the workgroup process that produces plea bargains.

In US v.________,the Supreme Court ruled that defendants have the right to withdraw a plea if there is a just and fair reason to do so.

In Williams v.Florida,it was determined that in the case of a six-person jury,the verdict had to be unanimous.

According to the ruling in ___________,prosecutors may,for example,threaten repeat offenders with life sentences under habitual offender statutes if they do not agree to plead guilty and accept specified terms of imprisonment.

How do budget cuts affect prospective jurors?

The vast majority of habeas corpus petitions are successful.

You are a defense attorney representing an indigent offender who was convicted on a robbery charge and wants to appeal.Your client's previous attorney did not explain the system to him,so it is up to you to explain how the process works.What will you say?

Which is not a step in the trial process?

In Ricketts v.Adamson (1987),the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that

Eli is a public defender representing his client in a first-degree murder case.Roxy,his client,does not want to make a plea,so the case is going to trial.Eli wants the jurors to be able to relate to his client,who grew up poor but started her own business.Lacking DNA evidence and an eyewitness to the crime,Eli believes the prosecutor may use his defendant's social standing to create a case based on the jury drawing conclusions from ______ evidence.

____ evidence is any evidence presented to jurors to see and understand without testimony.

An attorney's request for a delay in court proceedings is called a(n)______.

In Blackledge v.Allison (1976),Justice Potter Stewart argued that plea bargaining benefits

If a juror's responses indicate that he or she will not be able to make fair decisions,an attorney may request a(n)_____.

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that juries of fewer than 12 members are permitted by the U.S.Constitution?