Vocab
_____________ is the requirement that any item introduced in court must be in the same condition as when it was found at the crime scene
Integrity of evidence
______________ is the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects in the fourth amendment.
The reasonableness clause
This is issued by a judge after a police officer or government agent has provided probable cause.
Search warrant
_______________ established that courts may not accept evidence obtained by unreasonable search and seizure, regardless of its relevance to a case.
Exclusionary rule
_____________ establishes proof of a fact without actual evidence
Direct Evidence
________________- says that no warrants will be issued without probable cause and supported by oath or affirmation
The warrant clause
____________ kind of search must be given freely and voluntarily
Consnt Search
What is the basic function of an investigatory search?
conduct a thorough, legal search of a crime scene
_____________ encompasses the area within a person’s reach
Immediate control
Reasonableness was established in Cass v. State 1933. In simple terms, what is reasonableness
Sensible, rational, and justifiable
A parent may give permission for a law enforcement officer to search their child's bedroom only if the child is ______________________.
Not paying rent
This occurs when no one has entered the scene between the time the crime was committed and when the police arrived
True or Uncontaminated scene
______________ is a taking by law enforcement or other government agent of contraband, evidence of a crime or even a person
Seizure
_________________ is the principle on which a number of legal assessments are made to include probable cause
Totality of cirsumstances
Chimel v. California established that this kind of search must be done simultaneous to arrest of the person.
Search incident to arrest.
This person develops, processes, packages all physical evidence found at a crime scene.
Crime Scene Investigator
____________ are features that place an item into a specific category
Class characteristics
_________________ is a combination of facts make it more likely than not that a crime has, will or is occurring; that items sought are where police believe them to be (evidence)
In this kind of search, no search warrant or other reason to search or enter a property is needed if there is a form of emergency known to the officer; someone screaming or knowledge that evidence is being destroyed.
Exigent circumstances.
What are the four types of crime scene search patterns?
Strip/lane, Grid, Quadrant, Sprial