The criminal court system in the United States has a federal and a
______________ level
2.
Which word describes where a criminal case is heard based on the
location of the crime (jurisdiction or venue): ________________________
3.
When a court follows a judicial precedent, they are following the decision
of a previous appellate court (true or false): ____________________
4.
Name one source of legal rights: _____________________________
5.
After an arrest is made an arrestee goes through a Booking. What is one
purpose of this procedure: ____________________________________
6.
In criminal procedure, what comes first…the jury being picked and seated,
or opening statements by the prosecutor and defense attorney:
_________________________________________________
7.
What takes place after a plea is received or a trial is concluded:
___________________________________________________________
8.
Give a short definition of reasonable suspicion:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
9.
Give a short definition of probable cause:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
10.What is the main purpose of the exclusionary rule:
_____________________________________________________________
11. Give one exception to the warrant requirement:
_____________________________________________________________
12. The concept of a pat frisk (limited in time pat down of a suspect’s outer
clothes for the purpose of determining if a weapon is present) came from
the case of: ___________________________________
13. What kind of evidence does the “plain feel” doctrine apply to:
_________________________________________________
14. “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree” Doctrine involves the exclusion of evidence
due to the officer involved violating the 4
th
Amendment in order to secure
that evidence (true or false): __________________________
15. There are four elements to an arrest. The intent of the officer to take
someone into custody, the authority of the officer to make the arrest, the
communication of that intent, the __________________ _____________
of that person.
16. A reasonable expectation of privacy (REP) has only an objective element
(true or false): _____________________
17. Intrusive searches can either be a strip search or a body cavity search.
Both of these searches require probable cause, and a body cavity search
also requires a ______________________
18. The key elements of the use of force by a police officer are that the force
employed is __________________ and proportional.
19. The most important element in the police use of deadly force is that
there is a substantial likelihood of serious bodily injury or death to the
officer or a member of the public (true or false): _________________
20. A search is an exploration for evidence while a seizure is taking physical
_________________ of evidence.
21. The filing of a search warrant affidavit is the last step in the search
warrant procedure (true or false): ____________________
22. Give one purpose of a police roadblock:
_____________________________________________________________
23. The motor vehicle exception to the warrant requirement is based on a
vehicle being easily moved once la enforcement lets it go. Therefore, all
that is needed for this type of search is probable cause and the vehicle
being on a public way (true or false): ______________
24. Give one reason why a motor vehicle inventory search would be
conducted by the police:
____________________________________________________________
25. In order to conduct a plain view search an officer must be where he or
she is legally allowed to be, that they see the evidence with their own
eyes, and that the illegal nature of the evidence is readily apparent to the
officer (true or false): _____________________
26. Give a short definition of what is meant by “curtilage”:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
27. What is a typical scenario where evidence may be considered
“abandoned”:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
28. Because police identification procedures appear to give a limited number
of choices to a victim or a witness, it is said that they are inherently
suggestive (true or false): ________________
29. With a photographic array all photos are shown to the victim or witness
at the same time (true or false): __________________
30. Name one reason why a witness may make a misidentification of a
suspect: ___________________________
31. Which identification procedure is when a victim or witness is taken to the
location of where the suspect was located (show-up or bring-back):
___________________________________________
32. What two Constitutional Amendments are the basis of the Miranda
Warnings: __________________________________________
33. The “functional equivalent of questioning” is when an officer makes
statements that could induce an arrestee to speak in a way that
incriminates them (true or false): ____________________
34. The ____________ safety exception to the Miranda Rights allows an
officer to question a suspect without giving him or her their Miranda
Rights.
35. The elements of a valid Miranda Waiver are that it was done intelligently,
knowingly, and ___________________.
36. A criminal defendant cannot participate in any aspect of jury selection
(true or false): _________________
37. A criminal defendant has the right to hire an attorney or have one
__________________ by the court.
38. Give a short definition of exculpatory evidence:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
39. Name one of the goals of sentencing: _________________________
40. Give one of the rights that a victim has in a criminal trial:
________________________________________________________
41. A sentencing of a juvenile to a combined sentence of the Department of
Youth Services followed by commitment to an adult prison after reaching
the age of 21 is considered a blended sentence (true or false):
____________________________________________________
42. When a police officer gets sued under 42 USC section 1983 it is alleged
that he or she violated someone’s _____________________ rights.
43. Give one example of what a police officer may be sued for in state court
under the principles of tort law: ________________________________
44. Under the public duty doctrine, a police officer may be civilly liable if he
or she established a special relationship with the person suing the officer
or they _________________ or enhanced the danger being faced by that
person.
45. A supervisor can at times be liable for the actions being performed by
one of his or her subordinates (true or false): _________________
46. If one officer is using excessive force on a citizen, the other officers on
scene may have a duty to __________________
47. Qualified Immunity is a judge made doctrine that provides a complete
defense to an officer being sued civilly (true or false): ______________
48. In most cases police officers will need a ________________ to search a
cell phone.
49. GPS monitoring can never be used as a term and condition of probation
(true or false): ____________________
50. The USA Patriot Act was enacted in response to what event in our
history: _________________________
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