U.S. Courts
The three tiers of this are the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts.
What is the Federal Court System.
Latin meaning "Evil on its face."
What is "mala in se?"
The Constitutional Amendment requiring a search warrant.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
An exception to the warrant requirement, police can search anyone or anything with permission.
What is "consent?"
There are one of these in each county in Missouri, and one additional one in the City of St. Louis.
What are Circuit Courts?
The Latin term used to describe a law that reflects the prevailing moral beliefs of a society.
What is "mala prohibitum?"
Two protections found in the Fifth Amendment.
What are the right to not incriminate one's self and due process?
The case of Chimel v. California gave us this term for the area within a suspect's reach.
What is "wingspan?"
The courts of last resort at the State and Federal levels.
What are Supreme Courts?
Latin meaning "after the fact."
What is "ex post facto?"
Guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, this means that you cannot be forced to represent yourself in court.
What is the right to have the assistance of counsel for defense?
The definition of "Exigent Circumstances."
What is "the exception to the warrant requirement that permits an officer to pursue a fleeing suspect into a private residence, if the officer had reasonable suspicion that the suspect posed a danger to others?"
The names of the U.S. District Courts in Missouri.
What are Eastern and Western?
Latin meaning "let the decision stand."
What is "stare decisis?"
The subject of the Eighth Amendment.
What are cruel and unusual punishments?
The two requirements to conduct a Terry Stop.
What are reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot and the individual is armed and dangerous?
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals that Missouri is located in.
What is the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals?
Latin for "guilty mind."
What is "mens rea?"
The meaning of the term "due process" from the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
What is equal protection under the law?
"Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" or the Exclusionary Rule.
What is the term used to describe when evidence is obtained illegally, and is therefore inadmissible in court?