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12 Cards in this Set
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There are ______ principal kinds of charging documents.
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three
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They are a ______, a ________, and a grand jury _________.
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complaint, information, indictment
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In many jurisdictions if the offense is a misdemeanor or ordinance violation the prosecutor prepares a ________.
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complaint
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If the offese is a felony about half the states use a _______, while the other half use a ____ ______ ________.
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information, grand jury indictment
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After the charges have been filed, the suspect is now the ________.
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defendant
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At the _______ ________ the defendant is given formal notice of the charge or charges against him and advised of his ________ ________.
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initial appearance, constitutional rights
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The primary purpose of _______ is to hear the formal information or indictment and allow the defendant to enter a ____.
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arraignment, plea
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About ___ percent of all defendants plead guilty to the charges against them. The other __ percent enter a plea bargain and the last __ percent go to a jury trial.
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90, 5, 5
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____ _______ is the practice where by the prosecutor, the ______ attorney, the defendant, and in some jurisdictions the judge agree on a specific ______ to be imposed if the accused pleads guilty to agreed upon charges instead of going to ______.
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plea bargaining, defense, sentence, trial
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Three agencies in the CJ system are _____, the ______, and __________.
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police, courts, corrections
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Together they are commonly referred to as the _________ __________ ___________.
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criminal justice system
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The administrative recording of an arrest is _______.
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booking
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