Texas Government Test 6 (Chapters 11 & 12) – Flashcards

When was the first female justice elected to the Supreme Court?​

Disputes concerning business contracts, divorce, family matters, and personal injury involve

The term misdemeanor refers to a

A case involving a business contract falls under which branch of law?

Law made by legislative bodies is called

A collection of laws relating to the same subject and presented in an organized manner is called a(n)

A court that has specific authority to decide a particular type of case has

When a case can be heard by only one court, that court is said to have

A court that hears and decides cases tried for the first time has

A party to a civil case who was dissatisfied with the outcome in the trial court could next proceed to a court with

Which one of the following courts is not mentioned in the Texas Constitution?

Which court has original jurisdiction to determine both the validity of will and whether a person is mentally competent?

Which court does not require the judge to be lawyer?

Of the judges of local courts, which must always be an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Texas?​

The term court of record means that

A violation of the Arlington municipal fire code would be tried in the

Justice of the peace in the Texas have ​jurisdiction over all of the following, except

The duty of a coroner's office in Texas is to

An operator of an automobile repair shop cannot collect a bill of $426.42 from a customer. Where would the most convenient place be for the operator to sue to recover his money?

Which statement regarding the appellate jurisdiction of the intermediate and highest level Texas appellate courts is incorrect?

​If you were owed $8,000 and wanted to represent yourself rather than hire an attorney, in which court would you file your case?

The validity of a contested will is decided by a

State district courts with general jurisdiction would be able to hear and decide all of the following cases, except​

Texas courts that have exclusive original jurisdiction over slander are

Which of the following courts mainly exercises original jurisdiction?

Texas is divided into ______ appeals court districts?

The Texas Supreme Court would not hear an appeal if the

The First Court of Appeals in Houston has a chief justice and eight justices. How many of them are required to hear an appeal?​

Which level of courts are constitutionally bifurcated in Texas?

The type of case appealed directly to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is that of a

Which of the following courts does not have criminal jurisdiction?

The court with responsibility for formulating the rules of civil procedure is the

As of 2014, how many Democrats held statewide office in Texas

In Texas, nearly all judges are chosen by a

The short-term method for relieving overcrowded court dockets in Texas is to

​If you wanted to hear an oral argument in the Texas Supreme Court, you would

If one of the parties to a collaborative divorce chooses to litigate the divorce after the case begins, what must then happen?

The goals of specialty courts are

A citizen who believes a judge has behaved unethically while presiding over his or her case should file a complaint with the

The most important role in disciplining judges is now played by the

The Texas Supreme Court does all the following, except

What is the major way that the Missouri Plan differs from the appointment-retention system for selecting judges?

In order to be a practicing attorney in the State of Texas, a lawyer must be

The State Bar of Texas performs all the following functions, except

The State Bar of Texas has the authority to take all the following actions, except to

A lawyer boasts of winning a case in his blog posting. This action is prohibited because​

The compensation for a lawyer based on a percentage of a winning lawsuit is known as a

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees legal representation to the poor in civil cases?

Grand juries in Texas are composed of __________ members.

A formal accusation that a person has committed a high felony and must go to trial is a(n)

Indictments are prepared in grand jury proceedings if at least _________ members decide that there is enough evidence to warrant a trial

Qualifications for serving on a trial jury in Texas include all the following, except

The process by which attorneys question potential jurors is called

A panel of prospective jurors, chosen by random selection, is called a

Petit or trial juries in Texas are composed of __________ members

A lawyer may inquire​ about a prospective juror's social media habits to determine if the prospective juror is

The court system has the legal authority to the make the rules of civil procedure, however, these rules

The injured party in a civil case is formally referred to as the

The term plaintiff refers to the person who

In civil cases, which types of damages would compensate a plaintiff for mental anguish or emotional distress?​

Approximately one-third of all lawsuits are tried by a(n)

In recent years, why have the number of civil jury trials declined?

In a civil jury trial in a state district court, the judge

​A trend in the representation of poor people accused of a felony or misdemeanor case that may result in incarceration is

​In a criminal case how many jurors must agree on a verdict of guilty or not guilty?

​If the judge disagrees with the jury's verdict in a criminal case, what does the judge do?

The Texas Penal Code is a body of laws that cover

In Texas one's punishment varies based on

As of 2014, the State of Texas has identified how many crimes as felonies?

Felonies are classified as first, second, or third degree depending on the nature of the crime. This is referred to as

In Texas, impersonating someone online is classified as a

State-jail felonies, like possession of 4 ounces to 1 pound of marijuana, can result in

Which would not be subject to enhancement under the Texas Penal Code?

As of 2001, Texas counties with populations over ___________ are required by law to establish a drug court

A successful drug court in Tarrant County, the SWIFT Court, has been described as

Those who engage in organized crime, repeat offenders, and those who commit hate crimes receive enhanced punishment, which means

Which of the following is not one of the ways that state legislators have sought to address high incarceration rates for drug offenders?

Most low-level drug offenders have complicating issues such as​

When a prosecutor makes a _________________, they agree to make a deal if the defendant pleads guilty to specific charges, in return for specific concessions from the prosecutor

The primary motivations for hate crime are​

In the 1972 Furman vs. Georgia case the death penalty was found unconstitutional because

The minimum sentence for a capital felony is

When someone is executed, their death certificate lists the cause of death as "Death caused by __________."

When someone has been found guilty of a capital offense, how many jurors must agree to the death sentence for it to be carried out?

In 2013, Texas ran out of pentobarbital for lethal injections so they turned to

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the death penalty may not be used for punishment on anyone under 18 years of age?

Which of the following is true of the death penalty?

What are the reasons for which Texas imprisons lawbreakers?

The stated purposes of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice include all the following, except to

As of 2013, the number of Texans incarcerated, on parole, or on probation is approximately

Approximately ____ of convicted adult criminals end up being re-sentenced to prison after their release

The current focus of legislators on rehabilitation and reentry has

Which of the following states has the highest incarceration rate (number of prisoners per 100,000 residents)?

Which of the following is true of prisons run by the TDCJ?​

Administrative segregation is another term for​

According to statistics compiled by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, two characteristics shared by inmates in state prisons are

When a prisoner re-offends after being released from confinement for a prior offense, it is called​

Prisoners save state and local governments money in the jobs they perform, which have included all except for

Females make up about _____ of the prison population in Texas

The two agencies responsible for convicts who serve all or part of their sentence in the community rather than in prison are​

A common barrier to successfully reintegrating prisoners back into society after their release is

Which is true of county jails in Texas?

Which of the following has oversight responsibility for county jails?

Texas Crime Victim's Compensation Fund provides money to victims and their families for​ all of the following, except

What percentage of Texas inmates are housed in private prisons?​

Which of the following is true of private prisons in Texas?​

Which of the following is not true of juvenile justice in Texas?

Juvenile courts are considered __________ rather than criminal courts

The term adjudication hearing refers to __________ in juvenile law

Which of the following is true of juvenile offenders in Texas?

Which of the following is not a common problem facing Texas prisons?​

Which scientific development has shown that some persons sentenced to death actually did not commit the crime?

In Texas, an individual with a serious mental illness is

Among the ways that some Texas prisoners may legally communicate with the outside world are

TDCJ has a policy of no fraternizing between inmates and correctional staff, but they allow staff and inmates to be "friends" on Facebook because

Both TDCJ and TJJD collect DNA samples of all inmates convicted of a

Rules and procedures in criminal cases in Texas must legally be grounded in the

The agency created to investigate negligence and misconduct in a criminal case is the

Wrongful imprisonment by the state in Texas

Between 1989 and 2014 there have been roughly ____________ inmates exonerated across the nation after DNA analysis

Why have so many people been convicted of crimes they didn't commit based on eyewitness identification?

For exonerated individuals, the State of Texas​ does not provide

Regarding race and ethnicity in the Texas criminal justice system

The district attorney (DA) is powerful because she or he has the ability to

The job of representing the State of Texas in criminal cases belongs to a

District attorneys in Texas