Search and Seizure
This occurs when police intrude on a suspect’s constitutional and protected areas.
What is a Search?
This allows police to enter a private residence without a warrant and without knocking when chasing a fleeing suspect.
This is a kind of speech that denigrates, belittles, or expresses contempt for others because of their race, color, religion, sexual orientation or other characteristics that make them vulnerable
What is hate speech?
This Amendment provides protection against excessive bail, excessive fines and against cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
The Grounds and outbuildings immediately surrounding a dwelling, which are regularly used for domestic and family purposes.
What is Curtilage?
This occurs when they interfere with a suspect’s possessory rights in property.
What is a seizure?
Self-defense or protection of others from physical harm, to overcome resistance or to prevent escape are the 3 legitimate reasons for using force.
What is Objective Reasonableness?
What is the Second Amendment?
This Amendment provides protection against unreasonable search and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Property that is unlawful to possess, such as illegal drugs, and stolen property.
What is Contraband?
This case established the legal precedent for police officers to perform "stop and frisk" procedures.
What is Terry v. Ohio?
permission given by someone with authority eliminates the need for a warrant.
What is Consent?
This Amendment protects Speech, Press, Right to Assemble, and Freedom of Religion.
What is the First Amendment?
This Amendment protects your right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
The federal and state constitutions outline the three branches of government and the powers and responsibilities of each.
What is the Separation of Powers?
This occurs when police take custody of property for reasons other than use as evidence
What is an impoundment?
The Fourth Amendment requires police to do this before forcing their way into a person’s home to make an arrest.
What is the “Knock and Announce” requirement?
This Supreme Court case decision determined that a law prohibiting flag burning was prohibited.
What is Texas v. Johnson?
This Amendment protects your right to Freedom of speech
What is the First Amendment?
A guarantee in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments that protects citizens when the government deprives them of life, liberty, or property.
What is Due Process?
The exclusion of evidence is a criminal defendant’s remedy for police violations of his or her constitutional rights.
What is the Exclusionary Rule?
The degree of suspicion needed for an investigatory stop.
What is reasonable suspicion?
This test is used to determine obscenity.
What is "The Miller Test"?
This Amendment protects against double jeopardy and compulsory self-incrimination.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This common law requires that a person who is in custody be brought before a judge or court and that they be able to challenge that custody.
What is Habeas Corpus?