Criminal Procedure GPSTC 320/321 Exam Questions
and Answers
probable cause - (correct answer) -*facts or circumstances* that would make a reasonable or prudent
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*person* believe a crime is being or has been committed.
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Probable cause to search v probably cause to arrest - (correct answer) -Two types of probable cause
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An arrest without probable cause is - (correct answer) -illegal
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PC is the basis for - (correct answer) -a *legal* search or a *legal* arrest
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The Exclusionary Rule definition - (correct answer) -A rule that provides that otherwise admissible
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evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct
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ex: illegally searching someone and finding contraband does not allow that evidence to be used in
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court
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Evidence seized in violation of due process or some provision of ___________ (based on exclusionary
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rule) - (correct answer) -the Bill of Rights
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Weeks v. US - (correct answer) -Case law that established exclusionary rule, evidence gotten without a
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warrant isn't admissible in a *federal court*
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Lottery tickets were seized from a home without a SW
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Wolfe v. Colorado (1949) - (correct answer) -FEDS would go to *local* officers and make them obtain
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evidence because the exclusionary rule did not apply to local and state officers
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also known as *Silver Platter Doctrine* - was ultimately struck down
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Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - (correct answer) -Extended the Exclusionary Rule to the states, increasing the
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protections for defendants.
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Illegally obtained evidence could not be used in state, county, and local govt
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,Searched Mapp's house with a fake SW for gambling stuff but she had porn (obscene materials) in her
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The Good Faith Exception : - (correct answer) -An exception to the exclusionary rule, holding that
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evidence seized on the basis of a mistakenly issued search warrant can be introduced at trial if the
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mistake was made in good faith, that is, if all the parties involved had reason at the time to believe
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that the warrant was proper.
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*not applicable in GA*
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independent source exception - (correct answer) -the essential aspect is the existence of evidence
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which was not illegally seized and which in fact provided an independent basis for the discovery of the
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challenged evidence
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inevitable discovery exception - (correct answer) -improperly obtained evidence can be used when it
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would later have inevitably been discovered without improper actions by the police
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Purged Taint Exception - (correct answer) -If the evidence that is to be introduced is so far removed
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from the wrong done by the cops then it may be admissible.
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, (attenuation)
US v. Leon (1984) - (correct answer) -Created the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule
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The cops did nothing wrong, therefore, the evidence got to stay
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Gary v. State (1992) - (correct answer) -The states have the power to impose higher standards on
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searches and seizures than required by the Federal Constitution if it chooses to do so,
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and GA has a statute that restricts govt action (bc no good faith exception here)
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Motion to Suppress - (correct answer) -A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at
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1. the search and seizure was illegal
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2. the search and seizure with a warrant was illegal because the warrant is insufficient on its face,
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there was not probable cause for the issuance of the warrant, or the warrant was illegally executed
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Burden of Proof is on - (correct answer) -the state
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Independent Source Example - (correct answer) -the source of evidence must be independent of the
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ex: prints from illegal arrest thrown out, but prints from a prior legal arrest can be used
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inevitable discovery example - (correct answer) -impossible to avoid or prevent ; an unavoidable event
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- requires only that the evidence hypothetically would have been seized through some legal means
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must be actively pursuing means of discovery
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ex: *Christian Burial Case*
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Brewer v. Williams (1977) - (correct answer) -Called the Christian Burial Speech
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Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine - (correct answer) -A legal principle that excludes from
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introduction at trial any evidence later developed as a result of an illegal search or seizure.
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the prosecution must show on inevitable discovery: - (correct answer) -11th circuit standard
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1. the lawful means which made the discovery inevitable, were possessed by the police, and
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2. were actively being pursued prior to the occurrence of the illegal conduct
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attenuate - (correct answer) -to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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