Criminal Process

Question 1

Branches of Government

Answer 1

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

Question 2

What does the Legislative Branch do?

Answer 2

Makes laws

Question 3

Who makes up the Legislative branch?

Answer 3

Congress, comprised of House of Reps, and Senate

Question 4

What does the Executive branch do?

Answer 4

Carries out laws

Question 5

Who makes up the Executive branch?

Answer 5

President, Vice President, Cabinet, Most Federal Agencies

Question 6

What does the Judicial branch do?

Answer 6

Evaluates laws

Question 7

Who makes up the Judicial branch?

Answer 7

Supreme Court, and other courts

Question 8

Process when you get arrested

Answer 8

Crime, Investigation, Arrest, Jail, First/Initial appearance, Preliminary Hearing, Arraignment, Trial, Sentencing.

Question 9

What happens In the investigation phase?

Answer 9

Witness, victim, evidence

Question 10

What happens during the jail phase?

Answer 10

Booking, photo, prints

Question 11

What happens during the first/initial appearance?

Answer 11

Notified of charges, rights, (8th BAIL)

Question 12

What happens at the preliminary hearing?

Answer 12

Probable cause? Notify of charges

Question 13

What happens during the arraignment?

Answer 13

Official Charging, PLEA, (guilty, not guilty, nolo contendere)

Question 14

What happens during the trial?

Answer 14

Judge trial (bench), jury trial, evidence, testimony, VERDICT

Question 15

What happens during the sentencing phase?

Answer 15

LIFE, death, jail, community corrects

Question 16

What happens during the arrest phase?

Answer 16

usually happens in your present or a warrant

Question 17

Do jury verdicts have to be unanimous in Colorado?

Answer 17

All verdicts have to be unanimous in CO

Question 18

What is nolocontendre?

Answer 18

Not contesting their guilt

Question 19

What are ways of being charged with a felony?

Answer 19

Kidnapping, rape, burglary, arson, robbery (HANDLED BY THE DOC)
Inditment from grand jury, filing in a district court , filing county court

Question 20

What does the grand jury do?

Answer 20

They are an investigative body

Question 21

What test do we use in CO for insanity?

Answer 21

Mcnaughten test

Question 22

Voirdire?

Answer 22

A preliminary exam of a witness or jury to help decide a fair and impartial jury

Question 23

What is Challenge for Cause?

Answer 23

A challenge that aims to disqualify a potential juror for some stated reason (bias, prejudice, or prior knowledge)

Question 24

What is a Peremptory Challenge?

Answer 24

The defendant’s or prosecutor’s objection for a proposed juror, made without needing to give a reason, just as long as its not for race.
Each side has up to 20, depending by the judge

Question 25

Court structure? Trial, appellate, what happens in each court?

Answer 25

Municipal (Trials, Limited Jurisdiction), County (Trial, limited Jurisdiction), District Trial (Trial, General Jurisdiction), Appeals (Appellate Court), Supreme (Decide if they want to hear the case or not)

Question 26

What is venue?

Answer 26

Geographical Location

Question 27

How does the trial process work? Who goes first, next and who gets the last word?

Answer 27

The plaintiffs attorney goes first,

Question 28

What does the Judicial branch do?

Answer 28

Evaluates laws

Question 29

What is rule 41?

Answer 29

A motion to suppress evidence

Question 30

What is rule 21?

Answer 30

To change venue or judge

Question 31

Contempt

Answer 31

Direct or indirect

Question 32

What 2 types of sanctions for contempt

Answer 32

Punitive and remedial