CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
Which amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures?
What is the 4th Amendment?
A serious crime punishable by more than one year in prison is called this.
What is a felony?
This courtroom role represents the government in a criminal case.
What is the prosecutor?
Evidence like fingerprints, weapons, or clothing is called this type of evidence.
What is physical evidence?
This federal agency investigates domestic terrorism and major federal crimes.
What is the FBI?
This amendment protects people from self-incrimination.
What is the 5th Amendment?
A less serious crime punishable by less than one year in jail is called this.
What is a misdemeanor?
This legal defense claims the defendant was somewhere else during the crime.
What is an alibi?
The documented record showing who collected, handled, and stored evidence is called this.
What is chain of custody?
Officers may briefly stop and frisk a suspect using this legal standard.
What is reasonable suspicion?
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial and an attorney.
What is the 6th Amendment?
“Mens rea” refers to this part of a crime.
What is criminal intent?
The legal standard needed to get a search warrant is called this.
What is probable cause?
This fingerprint database helps law enforcement identify suspects.
What is AFIS?
This style of policing focuses on building trust with the community.
What is community policing?
Police must tell suspects their rights because of this Supreme Court case.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
A person who helps a criminal after the crime has been committed is called this.
What is an accessory after the fact?
This constitutional protection prevents a person from being tried twice for the same crime after being found not guilty.
What is double jeopardy?
This forensic field studies the path and impact of bullets and firearms evidence.
What is ballistics?
This federal agency protects the President of the United States.
What is the Secret Service?
This amendment bans cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The documented record showing who handled evidence is called this.
What is chain of custody?
This legal process allows a defendant to ask a higher court to review possible mistakes made during their trial.
What is an appeal?
Spiral, grid, and strip are all examples of this at a crime scene.
What are search patterns?
This Supreme Court case allows officers to stop and frisk someone based on reasonable suspicion.
What is Terry v. Ohio?