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famous cases
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The legal principle that illegally obtained evidence can be admissible in court if police using lawful means would inevitably have discovered it

What is the inevitable discovery exception

100

the forcible taking of a person or property in response to a violation of the law

what is a seizure

100

a brief detention of a person by law enforcement agents for questioning

what is a stop

100

a legal term, as found in the Fourth amendment to the U.S. constitution, that generally refers to the search for and confiscation of evidence by law enforcement agents

what are searches and seizures

100

this case brought the exclusionary rule to state courts

what is mapp v. ohio

200

Searches by police that are made after the subject of the search has agreed to the action

what are consent searches

200

this is performed on persons who have just been arrested

what is a search
200

a pat-down or minimal search by police to discover weapons

what is a frisk

200

the standard of proof a law enforcement officer needs to arrest someone

what is probable cause

200

This supreme court case which established the automobile exception

carroll v. united states

300

evidence that is acquired through the use of illegally obtained evidence and is therefore inadmissible in court

what is fruit of the poisonous tree

300

a written order, based on probable cause and issued by a court, commanding that police officer or criminal investigators search a specific person, place, or property to obtain evince

what is  search warrant

300

the legal principle that objects in plain of a law enforcement agent who has the right to be in a position to have that view may be seized without a warrant and introduced into evidence

what is plain view doctrine

300

the constitutional rights of the accused persons taken into custody by law enforcement officials, including the right to remain silent and right to counsel

what are miranda rights

300

what supreme court case established the idea that a police officer cannot stop and frisk a person without reasonable suspicion 

what is terry v. ohio

400

a written statement of facts, confirmed by oath or affirmation of the party making it and made before a person having the authority to administer the oath of affirmation

what is an affidavit

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the phrase that refers to a search conducted on a person who has just been arrested

what is search incident to an arrest

400

situations that require extralegal or exceptional actions by the police, such as during an emergency situation

what are exigent circumstances

400

a rule under which any evidence that is obtained in violation of the accused's rights, as well as any evidence derive from illegally obtained evidence, will not be admissible in court

what is the exclusionary rule

400

a phone booth was at the center of this famous supreme court case

what is katz v. U.S

500

a statement that must be read to an individual before he or she can be interrogated by police

what are miranda warnings

500

the legal principle that evidence obtained with the use of a technically invalid search warrant is admissible during trial if the police acted in good faith

what is the good faith exception

500

the use of physical or mental intimidation to compel a person to do something, such as confess to committing a crime, against his or her will

what is coercion

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the questioning of a suspect after that person has been taken into custody

what is custodial interrogation

500

this famous case was established to protect your 5th amendment rights

what is miranda v. arizona

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