Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Search and arrest warrants must be signed by a judicial officer.
2. Judges have the final say on with what crime(s) a defendant is charged.
3. Judges sign nearly every warrant brought before them much in the same manner that grand juries
effectively indict every suspect brought before them.
4. If the prosecution has not made a sufficiently convincing case, a judge can direct a jury to acquit and
even overrule them if the jury should convict.
5. Once a sentence is handed down, the job of a trial court judge is complete.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False

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