used when a person with a mental disease or disorder is tried for committing a crime
What is the insanity defense?
100
a police officer must have this in order to stop and question
an individual
What is reasonable suspicion?
100
a court order obtained from a judge that allows a police officer to look for evidence
What is a search warrant?
100
to question a person after an arrest is made
What is to interrogate?
200
the defense used for children under a certain age who commit a crime
What is the defense of infancy?
200
a police officer may do this to remove any weapons the person may be carrying
What is stop and frisk?
200
the category of situations in which a police officer is not required to get a warrant
What are emergency situations?
200
the instructions given to a person who is under arrest informing him/her of the rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present during questioning
What are the Miranda rights?
300
the defense used when a person does something as a result of coercion or a threat of immediate danger
What is the defense of duress?
300
when an police officer has a reasonable belief that a specific person has committed a crime
What is probable cause?
300
when a person voluntarily agrees to let a police officer search his/her belongings
What is consent?
300
the term used when an accused person confesses to a crime or testifies against him/herself in court
What is self incrimination?
400
when the person admits to committing a crime, but claims that he/she was persuaded or induced to do so by a law enforcement officer
What is entrapment?
400
a court order commanding that the person named in it may be taken into custody
What is an arrest warrant?
400
the term for the illegal items that a police officer may take without a warrant
What is contraband?
400
the inappropriate use of race as a factor in identifying people who may break or have broken the law
What is racial profiling?
500
when a person is compelled to react to a situation that is unavoidable in order to protect life
What is the defense of necessity?
500
when an object connected with a crime can be seen from a place that a police officer has the right to be
What is in plain view?
500
a sworn statement of facts and circumstances that provides the probable cause for a search
What is an affidavit?
500
the 2 amendments to the Constitution that address the rights a person has when he/she is placed under arrest?