The primary trial court in Texas is the __________.
a. court of appeals
b. municipal court
c. justice of the peace court
d. district court
Q. 2A plea bargain results when the defendant negotiates __________.
a. to testify against individuals in exchange for charges against him or her being dropped
b. with the judge in a case to exercise pity in issuing a sentence recommendation to the jury
c. with prosecutors to plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence than he or she might receive if convicted in a trial
d. with the governor to issue a pardon of his or her convicted crime
Q. 3Constitutional county courts __________.
a. exist in approximately 40 percent of Texas counties
b. are each led by a county judge who is constitutionally required to be a lawyer
c. were established in the 1930s to cope with increasing regulatory responsibilities coming from the federal government
d. often share some original jurisdiction in civil matters with justice of the peace and district courts
Q. 4What characterizes statutory county courts?
a. Judges on these courts are selected by county commissioners.
b. The constitution establishes one statutory county court in each county.
c. They have inconsistent jurisdictions because each one was set up to deal with specific local problems.
d. Determinations reached by these courts cannot be appealed to any higher court as they involve issues of county level legal codes.
Q. 5Why did Texas create constitutional county courts?
a. They were created by the legislature over the years to supplement the statutory county courts, in the process assuming responsibility over criminal cases.
b. They were created by the Texas Constitution to serve the needs of the sparsely populated rural society that existed in Texas then.
c. They were created by legislative order in 1954 to relieve the pressure from justice of the peace and municipal courts that had become overburdened with cases.
d. They were created to provide a judicial branch at the county level in every county when Texas reorganized its counties in the early 1900s.
Q. 6_________ typically handle cases concerning things such as traffic tickets.
a. The county court-at-law and municipal courts
b. Municipal and statutory county courts
c. Justice of the peace and municipal courts
d. District and appellate courts
Q. 7Texas has a bifurcated court system at its highest level in which __________.
a. federal cases are heard by the Texas Supreme Court and state cases are heard by the Court of Criminal Appeals
b. the Texas Supreme Court has only original jurisdiction and the Court of Criminal Appeals has only appellate jurisdiction
c. the Texas Supreme Court establishes and defines misdemeanors and the Court of Criminal Appeals establishes and defines felonies
d. the Texas Supreme Court handles civil cases and the Court of Criminal Appeals handles
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