What are the different classifications of felonies

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1. What is a felony? What are the potential punishments for a felony?

2. What are the different classifications (degrees) of felonies? Which carry harsher penalties?

3. What is a misdemeanor? What are potential punishments for misdemeanors?

4. What are the different classifications (classes) of misdemeanors? Which carry harsher penalties?

Due Process Rights

6. What amendments of the U.S. Constitution make up the due process rights of the criminally accused?

7. Does the Texas constitution have similar protections? If so, are they contained in constitutional amendments or in the body of the Texas constitution itself?

8. With what does each of the following U.S. Constitutional Amendments deal:

4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
8th Amendment

9. What is the difference between a warrant and probable cause?

10. What does the Exclusionary Rule say about evidence obtained without a warrant or probable cause?

12. The 5th Amendment protection against self-incrimination means what about a person's obligation to talk to the police?

13. What is a Grand Jury and what does it do?

14. What is the difference between a "true bill" and a "no bill"? Which one results in a person being formally charged with a crime?

15. What is an indictment?

16. What is an arraignment?

17. What do the 6th Amendment protections about attorneys and juries mean for a person accused of a criminal offense (what things can the person expect to have at trial)?

18. What is the difference between probation and parole?

19. What has the Supreme Court (of the U.S.) said about the death penalty - is it considered "cruel and unusual punishment" or not?

20. What is double jeopardy? Is it allowed? What amendment deals with double jeopardy?

21. To what state courts do appeals of criminal cases go?

22. What type of case gets a direct appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals?

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