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• Due Process • Incorporation • Statute • Judicial Interpretation • Weeks v. United States • Wolf v. Colorado • Mapp v. Ohio • Terry v. Ohio • Due Process Model Critical Thinking Questions Guidelines: Who will supervise the police? […]

a. State statutes b. Federal criminal code *c. Bill of Rights d. The Sixth Amendment a. Due process b. Criminal procedure c. Federalism *d. Incorporation a. Fourth *b. Fifth c. Sixth d. Fourteenth *a. Fourth b. Fifth c. Sixth d. […]

Guidelines: Coercion and force remove the freedom and voluntariness from consent. A forced waiver is not a waiver. • The criminal procedure for detention and arrest. • The criminal procedure of searches and seizures. • The criminal procedure surrounding interrogations. […]

• Various exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule. • How civil liabilities can be applied to police officers. • Civil Rights Actions under Title 42 United States Code § 1983. • Various types of liabilities under § 1983. • Mapp v. […]

a. Good faith b. Testimony c. Hearsay *d. Impeachment a. Good faith b. Grand jury *c. Inevitable discovery d. Impeachment Copyright © 2015, Taylor & Francis Inc. All Rights Reserved. a. Wolf v. Colorado *b. Exclusionary rule c. Bill of […]

• Article VI • Police Authority • Bill of Rights • Fourth Amendment • Sixth Amendment • Due Process of the Law Amendment • State Constitution over all of the United States. For example, complete federal control of police power […]

*a. The states b. The federal government c. The United States Constitution d. The statutory code a. The rights guaranteed by the Constitution b. Legitimate public purposes c. Reasonableness *d. All of the above a. II b. IV *c. VI […]

Guidelines: Officers can utilize Terry stops to search for weapons, and since keeping weapons “off the street” is conceptualized as a vital police function, these stops have been allowed by the • How Terry stops differ from full fledge arrest. […]

*a. Detention b. Consensual encounter c. Investigation d. Voluntary stop *a. Reasonable suspicion b. Probable cause c. Profiling d. Dangerous individuals a. Investigative detentions b. Terry stops c. Consensual encounters *d. Both A and B Copyright © 2015, Taylor & […]

• Statutory Authority to Arrest • Custody • Seizure • Arrest Warrant • Felony • Misdemeanor • Summons • Personal Observations • Use of Force • Fresh Pursuit • Citations that an arrest is valid, which will help with future […]

a. Miranda v. Arizona b. Rochin v. California *c. Ker v. California d. Terry v. Ohio a. The Bill of Rights b. Constitutional procedures c. Judicial decisions *d. State statutes a. Terry stop b. Arrest c. Investigatory detention d. Preliminary […]

• The definition and procedure for securing a search warrant. • The definition and impact of probable cause upon the procedures surrounding search warrants. • The procedures related to the execution of search warrants. • The procedures related to the […]

a. It is supported by oath or affirmation b. It describes the particular place to be searched c. It describes the particular items to be seized *d. All of the above *a. Less rigorous b. The same c. More rigorous […]

• Contemporaneously • Good Faith • Waiver • Consent • Impoundment • Exigent Circumstances • Plain View • Open Fields • Stop-and-Frisk • Electronic Search • Pervasive Business • Moveable Object may not arrest individuals for the sole purpose of […]

a. Within 24 hours b. Within 48 hours *c. Contemporaneously with the arrest d. Immediately after the arrest with no exceptions a. The person arrested b. The arrestee’s clothing c. Search of the entire premise where the arrest occurred *d. […]

• Self-Incrimination • Miranda v. Arizona • Free and Voluntary Rule • Duress • Confession • Custody • Questioning • Fruit of the Poisonous Tree • Delay in Arraignment • Corroboration • Impeachment Guidelines: No. A confession based upon false […]

*a. Free and voluntary b. Given under the hope of leniency c. Given under duress d. All of the above a. Gideon v. Wainwright *b. Miranda v. Arizona c. Rochin v. California d. Terry v. Ohio a. The right to […]

• The procedural constraints surrounding lineups. • The procedural constraints surrounding identification through technology. • How police can legally procure DNA for testing. • The procedural constraints surrounding identification through bodily examination. • Lineup • Showup Identification • Dental Examination […]

*a. Constitutional b. Illegal c. Unconstitutional d. In violation of Miranda a. Legal b. Unconstitutional c. Illegal *d. Both B and C a. Fifth Amendment b. Fourth Amendment c. Sixth Amendment *d. None of the above *a. May make any […]