Vocabs
Direct Evidence
Immediate Proof of Guilt
Ray and Faye Copeland
Who were farmers convicted of killing five drifters at their farm in Mooresville, Missouri and forged checks at cow auctions
Plain view doctrine
What is police can seize an object laying in plain sight if
1. the object is unobstructed - can be seen in plain view
2. the official has the right to be there (amongst a legal search/detention)
3. Item can be considered as evidence related to the crime - must be of some relation to the case.
Crime scene technician
What is a person that finds and identifies physical evidence?
Nearest officer
Who is the officer closest to the scene arrives and takes immediate control?
Impression evidence
What is evidence of something that was pressed into something else?
Kevin Rice
Who was an officer that was shot and murdered. perpetrator was discovered through abandoned sweater and inhaler
Warrant requirements
1. reasonable suspicion searches
2. probable cause arrests
3. Location specifics
4. Item specifics
Who examines the evidence, identifies victim(s) and perpetrator(s), finds out what happened during the incident and the modus operandi (patterns/killer's signature move)
Safety Check
What is thefirst responder checks scene for the safety of themself and others?
Transient evidence
What is evidence that must be protected before it disappears?
Dollree
Who was an example of exclusionary rule: evidence that is illegally seized cannot be used against a person in a court of law? Police enter her Cleveland home without a warrant while searching for a fugitive and found evidences not belonging to Dollree.
No requirements for warrants
1. emergency
2. arrest
3. investigating immediate crime scene
4. border patrol
5. impending evidence loss
6. consent
7. protection sweep
8. auto exception
9. hot pursuit
Investigator
Who interviews witnesses and gathers information from other members of the investigation team, and talks to the prosecutor?
Isolate the reporter
What is find out who made the call and interview them?
Circumstantial evidence
What is evidence that does not provide any immediate proof of guilt, but can provide facts surrounding the case?
TLO
Who was a student smoking in the bathroom and got caught by a teacher. Her assistant principal searched her bag and found related evidence involving drugs in plain sight.
Find something unrelated to a crime
legally - permitted to seize the items. person can be charged with separate crime
illegally - permitted to seize the item. person can't be charged with a crime
Medical Examiner and coroner
Who figures out how the victim was killed?
Separate the witnesses and gather info
What is witness interviews and questioning without the story switching up?
Elimination Samples
What is samples taken from those lawfully permitted at the scene to eliminate them from suspicion?
evidence that can eliminate someone from suspicion
Anthropologist
Who examines the remains of bodies when it's hard to figure out who the victim was or what caused their death?
(forensic anthropologist can do tests on hair, bones and other parts of the body to discover facts about the victim. This includes how old the victim was and what race or gender they were)
Cop trickeries
Pathologist
Who collects physical evidence from the body, like hairs and body fluids?
Secure the scene and security log
What is no one enters the scene except for authorized personnel and a list of a list of all witnesses, investigators, and visitors at the scene