Author Question: The Eighth Amendment guarantees which of the following? a. The right to be free from unreasonable ... (Read 83 times)

cdr_15 · **on:** Aug 16, 2018

The Eighth Amendment guarantees which of the following?

a. The right to be free from unreasonable searches.
b. The right against double jeopardy.
c. The right to an impartial jury.
d. The right against cruel and unusual punishment.

Question 2

In Hurtado v. California the defendant complained that his Fifth Amendment rights were violated because he was not properly indicted by a grand jury. The Supreme Court ruled against him because:

a. his crime wasn't a capital or otherwise infamous crime.
b. California, unlike the federal government, could use an information rather than a grand jury indictment tocharge Hurtado.
c. he confessed, so due process was irrelevant.
d. the California grand jury had properly indicted him.