Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

. Attorneys who view litigation as "war" and employ whatever tactics are necessary to win are referred to as "Han Solo" attorneys.

. The courtroom workgroup consists of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges who work together to process and dispose of criminal cases each day in courts across the nation without resorting to trails.

. The American Bar Association's (ABA) standards for the prosecution function formally provide a set of ideals and obligations relating to what the prosecutorial function should involve.

. Prosecutorial discretion can lead prosecutors to reject, out-of-hand, alternative versions of "the record" such as exonerating or mitigating circumstances.

. The "going rate" refers to the specific sentence received by a defendant pleading guilty to a certain crime that members of the courtroom workgroup have agreed to.

. The ethics of prosecuting people does not involve:

. Part of the challenge faced by those seeking to curb prosecutorial misconduct includes:

. This occurs when judges take the work needing to be done for cases assigned to their court and assigning that work to others.

. This occurs when judges set aside certain amounts of work to be done for certain types of cases.

. This legal concept describes the fact a prosecutor cannot be sued for civil damages arising from his or her conduct that occurs within the scope of their legal duties.

. This type of attorney employs whatever tactics are necessary for victory.

. During this process, to determine if harmless error has occurred in a case involving documented prosecutorial misconduct, an appellate court will review the case record to determine if the misconduct swayed the jury.

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