Walker & Hemmens, Legal Guide for Police (10th Ed.)
Test Bank—Chapter 8
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The _______________ Amendment protects against self-incrimination.
2. A confession must be _______________ if it is to be admissible.
3. The case of __________________ changed the procedures for questioning suspects.
4. The Miranda warnings include _______________.
5. In order for the Miranda doctrine to take effect, a suspect must be ______________.
6. A suspect receives the Miranda warnings but confesses anyway. That suspect has instituted a
____________.
7. Questioning must cease when _____________.
8. An officer unlawfully searches an individual’s residence. The officer finds an illegal handgun.
9. The case of ______________ applied the right to counsel to all felony cases.
10. An offender asks for an attorney. The police must stop questioning and provide an attorney
_____________.
11. An individual confesses to a crime. There is no other evidence of the crime occurring. The
police have not ____________ the confession.
12. An offender gives a voluntary confession to a private citizen. This confession is
______________.
13. An officer does not give an offender the Miranda warnings. However, any confession could
be admissible at court if the ________________ exception is fulfilled.
14. An officer asks an individual a question. The individual is freely walking down the street. The
individual answers the question and confesses to a crime. The confession was ruled admissible
even though the officer didn’t read the Miranda warnings because the individual was
____________.
15. An officer can use coercion to get a confession when _______________.
True/False Questions
1. A confession must be free and voluntary before it is admissible in court.
2. An officer informs an offender that the offender’s accomplice has given information that
makes the offender look guilty. The offender confesses. However, the officer lied, and the
accomplice never gave the above information. The confession is admissible in court.
3. An officer applies a pressure point hold to an offender until the offender confesses. The
confession is admissible in court.
4. If an officer tells any lie or deceives an offender in any way and that offender confesses, the
confession is automatically inadmissible in court.
5. The Miranda warnings include a warning about the exclusionary rule of the Fourth
Amendment.
6. The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine is related to the Fourth Amendment and the
exclusionary rule.
7. Individuals have a right to an attorney only if they can afford to pay for one.
8. The Supreme Court applied the right to counsel to all felony trials in the case of Powell v.
9. Police are questioning a suspect. The suspect states, “I want an attorney.” The police
continue to question the suspect before procuring the suspect an attorney. The questioning is
unconstitutional.
10. The police have no duty to advise someone of his or her right to counsel when arresting
11. There are no constitutional limitations on the use of “cellmate informants.”
12. After an arrest, a police officer cannot delay arraignment specifically for the purpose of
prolonging an interrogation.
13. The Sixth Amendment guarantees both the right to a speedy trial and the right to counsel.
14. Private individuals acting on their own authority are bound by the Miranda doctrine when
questioning an offender.
15. A suspect confesses. The confession was illegal. The suspect then confesses again. The
second confession will most likely be illegal also.