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Life in Shorthand
100

The body of the crime, known as elements

Corpus Delicti

100

A provisional license during the first year of issuance, may not drive between this time and 6 am.

11:00 pm
2300 hrs

100

NYPD's "Stop and Frisk" was ruled as a violation of this amendment in 2013

Fourth

100

This is generally required to search a person without a warrant, which would be based on the same thing...

Probable Cause

100

CAD helps you catch the Mashers

Computer Aided Dispatch

200

The mental state of a person, used to establish intent

Mens Rea

200

A peace officer may arrest a subject with this classification of warrant on private property at any time

Felony

200

This amendment sets the rules for indictment by a grand jury but is more commonly known for its more popular court-related provisions

Fifth

200

A search performed on a subject who agreed to waive his 4th Amendment rights in lieu of jail time.

Probation Search

200

When looking for a warrant subject you want to start at his LKA

Last Known Address

300

Meaning, to speak the truth, is the questioning of prospective jurors

Voire Dire

300

A business owner may not serve alcohol after 2 am, but may resume again at this time

6:00 am
0600 hrs

300

'Death by a thousand cuts' would most likely be deemed cruel and therefore prohibited by this Amendment

Eighth 

300

A cursory search for weapons is often called a 'frisk' or this, after the Court decision that requires at least reasonable suspicion the subject is armed

Terry [v. Ohio]

300

PC 245 is often referred to as ADW

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

400

The bad act, committed by the suspect

Actus Reus

400

A search warrant may be served after this time, but before 10 pm (PC 1533)

7:00 am
0700 hrs

400

Lincoln may have emancipated the slaves, but it wasn't abolished until almost three years later by this Amendment

Thirteenth

400

If the Exclusionary Rule applies to the evidence gained in a search, that search was deemed to be this

Illegal

400

When on patrol field training, you don't want to get an NRT

Not Responding to Training

500

A no-contest plea whereby the defendant neither admits or denies the charges.

Nolo Contendere

500

A driver must use their headlights during hours of darkness, defined as this amount of time after sunset until the same amount of time before sunrise

30 minutes

500

Prior to this amendment in 1965, there was no clearly defined succession plan for the presidency

Twenty-Fifth

500

A warrant or probable cause is not needed for this type of search of a person during a random contact, which isn't technically a search by the 4th ammendment

Consent Search

500

You'll want to run all you suspects in CLETS

California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System