Texas Pol – Flashcards
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The agency created to investigate complaints regarding faulty evidence in a criminal case is?
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The texas forensic science commission
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The Texas const. and state law grants the Governor the authority to take a person's life, property and liberty...
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Under appropriate circumstances
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Disputes concerning business contracts, divorce, family matters and personal injury involve
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Civil law
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A misdemeanor is?
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A less serious charge than a felony
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A court that is said to have specific authority to decide a particular type of case has?
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Exclusive jurisdiction
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The court that requires no qualifications to be a judge is?
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A justice of the peace judge
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Small claims courts are administered by ?
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Justice of the Peace judges
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Courts that have exclusive original jurisdiction over slander are
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District courts
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Texas and Oklahoma are the only states that have divided court systems that deal with
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Criminal and civil appeals
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The court that is responsible for formulating the rules of civil procedure is
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Supreme court
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To be a practicing attorney in the state of texas a lawyer
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Must be a member of the state bar of texas
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The state bar of texas has the authority to
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All of the above
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In civil cases, little or no free legal assistance is available but in bodily injury cases
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Lawyers may be hired on contingency cases
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Grand juries in texas are composed of ___ members
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12
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The court system has the legal authority to make the rules of civil procedures
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These rules cannot conflict with the laws of the state
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The injured party in a civil case is called the
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A plaintiff
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About one third of all law suits are tried by
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A judge and jury
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A person commits murder according to the texas penal code if
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There is evidence of intent to kill or cause serious bodily harm
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The minimum sentence for a capital felony is
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Life w/o parole
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Wrongful imprisonment by the state of texas
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Is always a possibility
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What scientific development has found that some persons convicted of murder and sentenced didn't actually commit the crime
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DNA testing
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The case involving a business contract falls under which branch of law
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Civil
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The term jurisdiction refers to
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The types of cases that a court is competent to hear and decide
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A party to a civil case who was dissatisfied with the outcome in the trial court could next proceed to a court
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Appellate jurisdiction
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A court that hears and decided cases tried for the first time has
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Original jurisdiction
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Law made by judges and based on customs and usage going back several centuries is
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Common law
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We know that innocent people have been convicted of crimes they did not commit because of an improved
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Technology system
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A collection of laws relating to the same subject and presented in an organized manner is an
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Code
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Which one of the following courts in not mentioned in the texas constitution
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Municipal courts
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The greatest proportion of cases heard in municipal courts involve
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Traffic violations
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The term court of record means that
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A transcript of court proceedings is made by a stenographer
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The duty of a coroner is to
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Determine the cause of death when a person died outside the presence of competent
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Of the judges of local courts, which must be an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas?
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county court at law judge
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A count court a law is most likely to be created by the legislature
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in an urban count where the constitutional count judge cannot handle all of the business coming before his or her court
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Not falling under the probate jurisdiction of count courts is
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determining the validity of wills of deceased persons
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District judges are not removable by
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recall election
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A vacancy on a district court bench is filled by
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gubernatorial appointment
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Official misconduct is a misdemeanor offense. Such cases are tried in
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district court
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A person with no funds whose claims arises from a physical injury
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must hire an attorney
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The disposition of cases by the courts of appeals is
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by majority vote of the justices on the panel hat heard the case
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The type of cases appealed directly the Texas court of criminal appeals is
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capital felony
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The Texas supreme court would not hear an appeal if the case involved
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a school bond election
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The Texas supreme court
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does not fill vacancies
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A citizen who believes an attorney has behaved unethically while representing him or her
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should go to the state bar
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When a case can be heard by only one court, that court is said to have
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exclusive jurisdiction
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Legal self-help books and interactive computer programs
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are less expensive than a lawyer but may not be as relievable
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Which of the following is not a Texas constitutional guaranty
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jury verdicts in all cases must be unanimous
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The instrument that formally accuses a person of having committed a high felony and orders the person
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indictment
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. A district court jury in Texas is
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the first twelve members
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How many people sit on a jury in Texas
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Twelve on grand jury, twelve on district, six on local
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Both TDCJ and TYC collect DNA samples of all inmates convicted of a
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felony
