4th Amendment

Warrant Requirements

100

This is when a person gives the police permission to search without a warrant.

What is consent?

200

This is when the police pursue a suspect into a private building.

What is hot pursuit?

300

This is what a police officer is looking for when they stop and frisk you.

What are hard objects or weapons

400

When an officer only possesses an arrest warrant, this is the only thing that they can do without a search warrant.

What is search a pursuant to lawful arrest.

500

When an officer enters a privately owned building to provide assistance to the occupants.

What are exigent circumstances.

Cases

100

In 1985, this case reached the Supreme Court that ruled that school officials have the right to keep the school environment safe by searching students' property.

What is New Jersey v. T.L.O.

200

In 1961, this case the Supreme Court said that exclusionary rule applies to the States.

What is Mapp v. Ohio?

300

In the case of Stanford v. Texas this kind of warrant was used upon seizing items from the house.

What is general warrant?

400

In Chimel v. California, there was an illegal search of the house. This is what the court did with the evidence that was collected.

What is suppress the evidence.

500

The court ruled in Schmerber v. California that there was no violation of the 4th Amendment. What was taken from the defendent?

What is his blood.

Evidentiary Standards

100

This evidentiary standard is used at trial in criminal cases.

What is beyond a reasonable doubt?

200

This standard is where police officers can obtain a warrant.

What is probable cause?

300

The level of proof required for a traffic stop.

What is reasonable suspicion?

400

When an officer has a gut feeling about a person but no hard facts.

What is hunch?

500

The reasonable man standard

What is objective reasonableness?

Evidentiary Standards Cont'd.

100

A person with information who does not want their identity disclosed.

What is a confidential informant?

200

When minor facts are presented and a particular person is pin-pointed.

What is reasonable suspicion?

300

This is the highest amount of proof.

What is beyond reasonable doubt?

400

When the evidence is in the direct view of the officer when she has a right to be where she is.

What is plain view?

500

What the judge does when illegal evidence is brought to court.

What is suppress the evidence?

Misc.

100

This is protects everyone from unreasonable searches and arrest.

What is the 4th amendment?

200

This is a document that legally authorizes a particular search or arrest.

What is a warrant?

300

When a police can stop and briefly detain a suspicious individual for questioning with out having a warrant.

What is an investigative stop?

400

This results when the state proves their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

What is conviction?

500

This prohibits evidence obtained in an illegal search to be used in the court of law.

What is exclusionary rule?