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Final Exam Review Sheet

This review sheet provides an outline of topics to study for a final exam, including key court cases, motions, jury selection processes, the structure and jurisdiction of courts, sentencing guidelines, and post-conviction remedies. Specifically, it lists chapters to review in the textbook, motions commonly filed, Supreme Court precedent on the death penalty, jury selection procedures, the differences between state and federal courts, sentencing philosophies and types of sanctions, and post-sentencing options.

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Final Exam Review Sheet

This review sheet provides an outline of topics to study for a final exam, including key court cases, motions, jury selection processes, the structure and jurisdiction of courts, sentencing guidelines, and post-conviction remedies. Specifically, it lists chapters to review in the textbook, motions commonly filed, Supreme Court precedent on the death penalty, jury selection procedures, the differences between state and federal courts, sentencing philosophies and types of sanctions, and post-sentencing options.

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Review Sheet: Final Exam

**Be Familiar with Picking Cotton chapters


Motion for Sequestration/Motion for Joinder/Motion for Appropriate Relief/Motion to Preserve
Evidence
Coker v. Georgia/Kennedy v. LA
Consecutive/Concurrent Sentencing
Challenge for Cause/Peremptory Challenge/Batson v. KY/Batson Challenge
Voir Dire Hearing
Unconscious Transference
Chapter 7
Judicial Review (213)
Trial de novo/court of record
Original jurisdiction/appellate jurisdiction
Structure of federal and state courts
Jurisdiction of District Courts/Diversity of Citizenship Cases/Original Jurisdiction of Supreme
Court
Current Membership of Supreme Court /Rule of Four
Stare Decisis/Precedent
Characteristics of adversarial system v. inquisitorial system
Bail/Bail Alternatives (218-219)
Chapter Eight
Speedy Trial Act of 1974
Prosecutorial Discretion/4 charging patterns
Charge bargain/sentence bargain
3 types of indigent defense programs
Venire/Voir Dire
Scientific Jury Selection (248)
Problems with Juries (255)
Shadow Jury
Exculpatory Evidence (231)
Direct Evidence/circumstantial Evidence/real evidence (250)
Steps in the trial phase/Hearsay Rule (253)
Chapter Nine
Victim Impact Statements (278-279)
Indeterminate/Determinate Sentencing
Three Strikes Youre Out (271)
Sentencing Enhancement
Mitigating/Aggravating Factors in Death Penalty Cases
Atkins v. VA/Roper v. Simmons/Baze v. Rees
5 goals and purposes of sentencing/specific v. general deterrence/restorative
justice/retributive justice (261-264)
Meghans Law
Just Deserts (261)
Mootness Doctrine/Raise-Waive Doctrine/Plain Error Doctrine
Doctrine of Exhaustion/Collateral Attack
3 post-sentencing principles
Chapter Ten
Advantages/Disadvantages of Probation and Parole (306-307)
Intermediate Sanctions (312-318)

Philosophy of Imprisonment/Justice Model (330-332)

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