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What is the subject matter of the case, the geographic location where the criminal/civil incident took place and the parties involved?
These are the three criteria that determine whether a case will be heard in state or federal courts
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What is a focus on accountability as opposed to judicial competence?
This is the premise in which the United States varies from most other countries in the process it uses to select judges
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What is 'adversarial'?
This is the term that describes the criminal trial court process because there is a determination of guilt or innocence that takes place
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What are 6?
This is how many circuit courts there are in the Cook County, IL court system
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What is a Gerstein hearing?
In a felony case, this is the term that refers to a formal review in the courtroom of the police's determination that probable cause existed to make an arrest
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What is 'forum shopping'?
This process may be undertaken by an attorney when a case falls in more than one court's jurisdiction
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What are partisan elections?
Many states have this plan in place for the selection of judges that involves presenting the political party affiliation of an individual to the public as part of the election process
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What are regional social norms and beliefs?
States' criminal statutes are often rooted in _________________
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What are felonies?
These are the most serious of all state-courts-based criminal charges
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"If it's not in the [police] report, it didn't happen"
This is a major guiding mantra for law enforcement in documenting a criminal offense
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What are federal question jurisdiction, federal party jurisdiction, or diversity jurisdiction?
These are the three broad genres of cases that fall in the federal jurisdiction
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What is the Missouri plan?
This process for selecting judges was developed by the American Bar Association in an effort to increase judicial competence and the standards in how judges were selected
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What is '[to] grow[s]'?
The number of criminal offenses tends to _______________ over time
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What are 'keys'?
These are the mechanisms in the IL circuit court system which organize the court docket by type of case heard on a given day
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What are bench trials?
The majority of types of trials our guest speaker on courts deals with are held in this format
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What is a [change of] venue?
This may be altered when there is a question of whether or not a fair trial is possible in the geographic location of a case may prohibit a fair trial
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What are filibuster tactics, inactive or negative vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee, an unfavorable vote by the Senate or an individual Senator may prevent the vote from being brought to the Senate floor
These are the mechanisms in place that the United States Senate may use to not allow someone to be seated as a federal judge
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What is the arraignment of the defendant?
The sixth step of the court procedure process, if all steps are followed in the order presented is_______________
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Who are the defendants/witnesses/victims, officers, the clerk, the prosecuting city attorney, defense attorney, the bailiff, and the judge?
These are the parties generally present in the second district circuit court for traffic court
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What is SOL- Stricken with Leave to Reinstate?
This is the term used commonly (specific to Cook County courts) wherein a case is dismissed from a docket with the possibility that it may be put back on a docket if more evidence is found/witness slated re-appears
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What are [state] felony cases [most of which the crime occurred in the city of Chicago]?
These are the types of cases heard at 26th and California Courthouse in Cook County, IL
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What is waiting to leave office until a US president of his / her political party is in office?
This is how a federal judge may choose his or her own replacement
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What is a 'winnowing' process?
This is the mechanism by which cases in the criminal trial system drop out before all procedures are followed
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What is if the defendant pleads not guilty?
It is only under this specific circumstance that a traffic case will go to trial in IL circuit court
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What is an OoP - Order of Protection?
This is the proper legal terminology for a restraining order in Cook County courts
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What is 'rapid fire' questioning, or questioning witnesses with multiple questions in rapid succession in such a fashion that prevents the witness from carefully thinking about his/her response
This is a tactic used by defense attorneys when questioning state witnesses that functions to elicit potentially damaging testimony to the state's case
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