Search and Seizure
Police generally need this before conducting a search.
(What is a warrant?)
This is the name for the party bringing a lawsuit.
(What is the plaintiff?)
This state was the first to legalize marijuana.
(What is Colorado?)
Failing to read this to a suspect could result in a case dismissal.
(What is the Miranda warning?)
What show stars Mariska Hargitay as a detective?
(What is Law & Order: SVU?)
Evidence that is out in the open is admissible under this doctrine.
(What is the plain view doctrine?)
This type of motion requests that evidence be excluded from trial.
(What is a motion to suppress?)
This was the first U.S. state to abolish the death penalty.
(What is Michigan?)
This type of evidence is inadmissible.
(What is illegally obtained evidence?) i.e. no warrant and no warrant exception.
This movie is about a wrongly convicted man escaping prison.
(What is The Shawshank Redemption?)
Consent must meet this standard to allow a search.
(What is voluntary?)
This type of examination occurs after the prosecution questions a witness.
(What is cross-examination?)
The first female Supreme Court justice.
(Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?)
Arresting someone without this could lead to a lawsuit.
(What is probable cause?)
This TV show features a legal team from Harvard.
(What is The Practice?)
This rule allows evidence from an illegal search if it would have been found legally anyway.
(What is the inevitable discovery rule?)
This term refers to dismissing a juror without giving a reason.
(What is a peremptory challenge?)
The first organized police department in the U.S. was established in this city.
(What is Boston?)
Failing to appear in court can result in this.
(What is a bench warrant?)
This 1992 film features the line, “You can’t handle the truth!”
(What is A Few Good Men?)
This type of search can be conducted during a lawful arrest.
(What is a search incident to arrest?)
This term means questioning the validity of a legal process.
(What is a challenge?)
The first African American police officer was appointed in this city.
(What is Chicago?)
Failing to disclose evidence to the defense is a violation of this rule.
(What is Brady disclosure?)
In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods wins her first case with what legal argument?
(What is a perm would not hold after a shower?)