Chapter 3 Test Questions

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. The order issued by the lower court to send their record of the case to the Supreme Court for review is called:

Model Penal Code correct incorrect

Writ of certiorari correct incorrect

Per Curiam Decision correct incorrect

Writ of Habeas Corpus correct incorrect

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. Which case was not part of the Furman trio?

Furman v. Georgia correct incorrect

Branch v. Texas correct incorrect

Jackson v. Georgia correct incorrect

Gregg v. Georgia correct incorrect

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. What is a per curiam decision?

The Court's decision that the death penalty is unconstitutional correct incorrect

The Court's decision to hear a case correct incorrect

An unsigned opinion from the Court meant to represent the decision of the Court as an institution rather than that of individual justices correct incorrect

The decision to require both a built and penalty phase correct incorrect

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. The Furman decision resulted in the reversal of how many death sentences in 39 states?

200 correct incorrect

400 correct incorrect

600 correct incorrect

800 correct incorrect

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. In the Gregg v. Georgia case, what two amendments of the Constitution were being discussed?

2nd and 8th correct incorrect

2nd and 14th correct incorrect

5th and 8th correct incorrect

8th and 14th correct incorrect

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. A quasi-criminal code adopted by the American Legal Institute (ALI) that outlined the way capital punishment ought to be administered is called:

Model Penal Code correct incorrect

Aggravating factors correct incorrect

Mitigating factors correct incorrect

Super due process correct incorrect

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. In the Model Penal Code (prior to 2009), what needed to be considered to give a convicted offender the death penalty:

At least one aggravating factor and no mitigating factors correct incorrect

At least one mitigating factor and no aggravating factors correct incorrect

No aggravating factors and no mitigating factors correct incorrect

At least one aggravating factor and one mitigating factor correct incorrect

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. In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court Justices affirmed Gregg's death sentence because:

They found the death penalty for crimes of murder, in some cases, was constitutional correct incorrect

They liked the idea of a bifurcated system correct incorrect

They noted Georgia's new processes allowed several opportunities for mercy correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Baldus Study revealed that race did not play a role in Georgia's death penalty decisions.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The Court ruled in the Coker case that the crime of ______ cannot be punishable by the death penalty:

Aggravated assault correct incorrect

Murder correct incorrect

Rape correct incorrect

Molestation correct incorrect

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. This case ruled that imposing the death penalty on juveniles who are 16 and 17 is constitutional:

Stanford v. Kentucky correct incorrect

McClesky v. Kemp correct incorrect

Enmund v. Florida correct incorrect

Thompson v. Oklahoma correct incorrect