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True/False
100

Procedural law deals with all of the following except _____.

elements of a crime

100

_____ is a temporary and limited interference with the freedom of a person for investigative purposes.

A detention

100

The "stop-question-and-frisk" program was built around the landmark 1968 court cases of _____, in which the Supreme Court granted approval to frisks conducted by officers lacking probable cause for an arrest to search for weapons.

Terry v. Ohio, Sibron v. New York, and Peters v. New York

100

_____ is defined as suspicion plus facts and circumstances that would lead a reasonable person exercising ordinary caution to believe that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed.

Probable cause

100

Procedural law deals with processes of arrest, search and seizure, interrogations, confessions, admissibility of evidence, and testifying in court and therefore changes less frequently than does substantive law.

False

200

substantive criminal law describes and defines 

crime

200

A judicial order commanding a person to whom it is issued or some other person to bring a person promptly before a court to answer a criminal charge is:

an arrest warrant

200

 Circumventing the intent of Weeks v. United States whereby federal officers received illegally obtained evidence from state officers and used it in federal court was referred to as:

the "Silver Platter" Doctrine.

200

The _____ exception recognizes that a warrantless entry by law enforcement officials may be legal when there is a compelling need for official action and no time to get a warrant.

exigent circumstances

200

Final ratification of the Constitution of the United States was delayed because some states wanted guarantees that individual liberties would be safeguarded from potential oppression by the newly formed government. These guarantees came in the form of the first ten amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights.

True

300

In which Amendment of the Bill of Rights is the due process clause found?

The Fifth Amendment

300

Which of the following is not usually required to be in the contents of a valid arrest warrant?

The authority to search the person arrested

300

Which of the following cases established the rule that any evidence unreasonably searched and seized could no longer be admissible in any court?

Mapp v. Ohio

300

A warrant to search must be based upon _____.

probable cause

300

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were all designed to guarantee the freedoms and equal protection of the laws for all citizens, especially the former slaves.

True

400

Which of the following protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures?

The Fourth Amendment

400

A written statement of the information known to the officer that serves as the basis for the issuance of a warrant is

an affidavit.

400

The landmark Supreme Court ruling that allows stop and frisk procedures is _____.

Terry v. Ohio

400

Evidence obtained from an unreasonable search and seizure cannot be used as the basis for learning about or collecting new admissible evidence not known about before is the _____.

"fruits of the poisonous tree" doctrine

400

The liberties protected by the specific clauses of the Bill of Rights are exhaustive

False

500

The ingredients of an arrest include all of the following except _____.

force

500

A "John Doe" warrant is valid:

if there is a particular description of the perpetrator but the person's name is not known.

500

In _____, the Court created the "moveable vehicle" rule.

Carroll v. United States

500

Among the many unanswered questions created by the Mapp v. Ohio decision, the crucial question revolved around the definition of the word "_____."

Unreasonable

500

The Hurtado v. California case attempted the process of the "shorthand doctrine," but instead ratified the "fruits of the poisonous tree" doctrine.

False
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