Exam 25: The Texas Judiciary

A) a district court
B) a municipal court
C) a county court
D) a court of appeals
E) a justice of the peace court

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A) The defendant must be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
B) The plaintiff must meet the preponderance of evidence.
C) The defendant must prove a reasonable chance of innocence.
D) The defendant must have contributed more to the judge's campaign than the plaintiff.
E) The plaintiff must meet the standard of reasonable doubt.

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A) Democratic judicial candidates.
B) Republican judicial candidates.
C) anti-death penalty judicial candidates.
D) pro-business judicial candidates.
E) pro-death penalty judicial candidates.

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A) Judicial candidates, by law, are prevented from actively campaigning for office.
B) Most judicial candidates fill their campaign literature with arcane legal analysis.
C) Voters are called upon to vote for too many different judicial races in a single election.
D) Most voters never go to court, so they have little knowledge upon which to base their decisions.
E) Judicial candidates do very little campaigning.

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A) assist in issues concerning the dispersion of property of deceased persons.
B) try civil cases involving real estate disputes.
C) speed up adjudication on matters relating to personal bankruptcy.
D) try criminal cases for those violating probation.
E) assist in issues concerning child-custody cases.

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A) small claims
B) felonies
C) city ordinance violations
D) bankruptcy cases
E) disposition of property of deceased persons

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A) Almost no death penalty case has been overturned by the court of criminal appeals.
B) The court-appointed lawyers whom the state provides to defendants have often been subpar.
C) There are racial and ethnic disparities in who receives the death penalty and who does not.
D) Texas has led the nation in the number of executions since 1976.
E) Since 1977, the electric chair has been the means for execution in Texas.

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A) Texas currently uses retention elections for municipal court judges and justices of the peace.
B) A retention election requires at least one non-incumbent in the race.
C) A proposal for retention elections in the mid-1990s failed to pass.
D) In retention elections, judges are voted on by the Texas Senate.
E) In retention elections, judges must run against another judge from a different district.

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A) limits the amount of campaign contributions a judicial candidate can receive from an individual donor.
B) compels judges to recuse themselves from any case involving someone who has contributed money to their campaigns.
C) restricts judicial advertising to radio and television ads.
D) forbids law firms or corporations from making donations.
E) allows individuals to donate as much money as they can to judicial candidates.

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A) criminal law.
B) civil law.
C) statutory law.
D) ordinances.
E) contract law.

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A) Eighth Amendment
B) probate
C) exclusionary
D) capital
E) statutory

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