Amendments
Prohibits excessive bails and fines, cruel and unusual punishments.
Eighth Amendment
Mapp v. Ohio
Exercised by states to protect and promote public health, safety, morals and general welfare
due process
The _______________ theory is the foundation of forensic investigation, based on the belief that the perpetrator of a crime, and the crime scene will exchange physical evidence.
exchange theory
Guarantees assistance of counsel
Sixth Amendment
What were the police originally looking for in case that led up to Mapp v. Ohio?
bombing suspect
Evidence obtained in violation of a defendant's due process cannot be used at trial
Exclusionary rule
Which two components of crime used to create categories of crime.
harm and punishment
Fiber matching, ballistics, DNA are all examples of:
forensic evidence
Protects against self-incrimination
Fifth Amendment
Supreme Court decision that set precedent that states must honor sixth amendment by providing defendants with legal representation.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Contains important protections for criminal defendants. Applies to state and national governments.
Bill of Rights
Intent to burn someone else's property without their permission.
arson
Control by government over a person or thing
seizure
Requires searches and seizures to be reasonable
Fourth Amendment
SC decision that allowed for attorney to be provided when requested by suspect during interrogation. Right to legal representation and self incrimination are linked.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Which two rights in Miranda and Escobedo cases are linked?
Assistance of counsel & protection from self-incrimination.
Depraved-hear or reckless conduct murder has this clinical classification in Michigan and other states
second-degree murder
Extortion must contain this element
a threat
Requires states to provide criminal defendants due process
14th Amendment
SC decision that said states must honor 5th and 6th amendments by providing reading of rights against self incrimination and insuring legal representation
Miranda v. Arizona
Three pleas that can be entered when a defendant is charged
Guilty, not guilty and no contest
By definition, any crime against a person is an _______________.
assault
Customs and Border Protections has responsibility to stem illegal flow of ______ and _______ into U.S.
drugs and immigrants