Police officers and the law Actual Exam Questions And Answers Graded A+.
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POLICE OFFICER.
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POLICE OFFICER.
Procedural law - correct answer The body of laws governing how things should be done at each stage of the criminal justice process
Rule of evidence - correct answer Requirements for introducing evidence...
Police officers and the law
Procedural law - correct answer The body of laws governing how things should
be done at each stage of the criminal justice process
Rule of evidence - correct answer Requirements for introducing evidence and
defining the qualifications of an expert witness and the testimony
Exclusionary rule - correct answer Based on the case of Mapp v Ohio:
A rule that prohibits the use of evidence or testimony obtained in violation of the Fourth and Fifth
Amendment
Fruit of the poisoned tree doctrine - correct answer A rule of evidence that
extends the exclusionary rule to secondary evidence obtained indirectly in unconstitutional. It comes
from the analogy if the tree is poisoned then the fruit of the tree will be poisoned too
Search warrant - correct answer Legal permission signed by a judge for police
to conduct a search.
Plain view search - correct answer Based on Harris v United States:
The right of the police to gather without a search warrant evidence that is clearly visible
Caroll doctrine - correct answer Evidence obtained in the search of the an
automobile without a warrant is admissible in criminal court if:
Police have probable cause that a crime has occurred and the circumstances are such that delay in
searching the automobile would result in loss of evidence
Pat down doctrine - correct answer Based on Terry v Ohio
The right of the police to search a person for a concealed weapon on the basis of reasonable suspicion
, Good faith exception - correct answer An exception the requirement the
police must have a valid search warrant or probable cause when they act in good faith on the belief that
the search was legal
Wiretapping - correct answer A form of search and seizures of evidence
involving communication by telephone. Every 72 hours get it signed by a judge.
Deadly force - correct answer The power of police to incapacitate or kill in the
line of duty.
Fleeing felon doctrine - correct answer The police using deadly force against a
fleeing suspect, made illegally in Tennessee v Garner except when there is clear and present danger.
Clear and present danger - correct answer A condition relating to public safety
that may justify police use of deadly force against a fleeing suspect
Self incrimination - correct answer The court has required that a suspect is
entitled to have a attorney present when he/she is interrogated by he police as well as in court.
Statements made by a person that might lead to criminal prosecution
Miranda rights - correct answer Miranda v Arizona:
Rights that provide you from self incrimination and right to an attorney in which citizens must be
informed before police arrest and interrogate
Indigent defense - correct answer Gideon v wainwright:
The right to have an attorney provided free of charge by the state if a defendant cannot afford one
Police line up - correct answer An opportunity for victims to identify a criminal
from among a number of suspects
4th Amendment - correct answer The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and affects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause
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