CRJU 3315- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 57 pages long!)

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La(cid:374)d(cid:863: constitutional law trumps all other forms of law including statutory law, common law, & administrative law, constitutional law: the bill of rights etc, statutory law: legal codes; usc (united states. 3: basic understanding of your rights (two dots, if you"re fou(cid:374)d guilty you (cid:272)a(cid:374) go to jail, if you understand the trial + As soo(cid:374) as you"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)harged, you ha(cid:448)e the right to a(cid:374) attor(cid:374)ey. Any critical stage of the criminal justice process pg. Jurisdiction: the power of court to hear and decide a case depends on: 4: rule of 4 justices have to agree on hearing the case in order for the case to go, defendant writes up the writ of certiorari. Initial hearing: a person arrested without a warrant is required to be brought (cid:271)efore a (cid:373)agistrate (cid:862)(cid:449)ithout u(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)essar(cid:455) dela(cid:455)(cid:863) for a(cid:374) i(cid:374)itial appearance. Probable cause exists, the magistrate binds over the defendant for trial.