Court Cases
This case put forth the requirement for law enforcement to read out your rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona 1966?
This does not allow for the usage of evidence in court.
What is unreasonable searched and seized evidence?
These things are protected under the 4th Amendment
What are persons, houses, papers, effects, etc?
A person accused of a crime.
What is the defendant?
The 6th amendment protects the rights of these people.
Who are the accused?
The first case that used DNA profiling.
What is the Footpath Murder case?
Requires that a judge and/or jury make inferences about what transpired at the scene of the crime.
What is indirect evidence?
These are examples of when a search warrant is not needed.
What is consent, emergency, after an arrest, from plain view, and reasonable suspicion?
The founders wanted to prevent harassment and oppression with this right.
What is double jeopardy?
This right is for the accused to call their own witnesses and, in some cases, force witnesses to testify.
What is Compulsory Process for Obtaining Witnesses?
Excused OJ Simpson of being tried again.
What is double jeopardy?
The higher value if the evidence can prove something in court.
What is probative value?
The government must show this to get a warrant from the judge.
The jury must come to this to decide a verdict.
What is a unanimous decison?
The accused have the right to this to prevent prolonged jail time and to be represented in a timely manner.
What is a Speedy or Public Trial?
This case dealt with the issue of wiretapping without probable cause.
What is the Olmstead v. United States 1928?
States that expert opinion based on a scientific technique is only admissible if the technique is generally accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific community.
What is the Frye Standard?
This is applied to evidence when police violate the 4th Amendment.
What is the exclusionary rule?
Taking someone's private property for public use.
What is emenint domain?
The accused has the right to legal representation.
The Federal Court denied Rodney King of this right.
What is due process?
States that "general acceptance" doesn't have to be present but appointed the judge as "gate keeper" to decide whether evidence is admissible.
What is the Dauber Ruling?
This is generally not a search for the 4th Amendment.
What is 3rd party information?
What is self-incrimination?
This group of people have no prior connections or biases to the case being presented or to the defendant.
What is an Impartial Jury?