Chapter 13 TRIALS AND JURIES

Chapter 13 TRIALS AND JURIES

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Pretrial publicity can taint a jury pool. What process is supposed to screen out potential jurors who have been tainted?

ANS: C                    REF:  Prejudicial Pretrial Publicity         OBJ:  10        KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

2. In England, the concept of a jury functioning as an impartial fact-finding body was first formalized in 1215 in the

ANS: D                   REF:  History of Trial by Jury                 OBJ:  1          KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

3. In a high-profile case what might be necessary to find a pool of potential jurors who could render a fair and impartial verdict, free from the taint of pretrial publicity?

ANS: D                   REF:  Pretrial Prejudicial Publicity         OBJ:  10        KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

4. What Amendment guarantees that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury?”

ANS: C                    REF:  History of Trial by Jury                 OBJ:  1          KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

5. A defendant charged with a serious offense has the right to a jury trial only if the offense is punishable by a term of incarceration of more than

ANS: C                    REF:  Law on the Books: The Constitution and Trial by Jury  OBJ:    2          KEY: Bloom’s: Remember