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The precedent case for analyzing confession issues is:
a. Terry v. Ohio.
b. Miranda v. Arizona.
c. Escobedo v. Illinois.
d. Massiah v. United States.
The federal income tax was established in the:
a. Fifteenth Amendment
b. Sixteenth Amendment
c. Seventeenth Amendment
d. Eighteenth Amendment
De facto arrests are legal since officers are in the process of developing probable cause.
a. True
b. False
Some states do not require that a person submit to or be in the physical control of an
officer to be considered seized.
a. True
b. False
Probable cause can be established after a search or arrest is made.
a. True
b. False
In the City of Ladue v. Gilleo, the Supreme Court found that _________involve free
speech protections.
a. nude dancing
b. campaign ads
c. yard signs
d. bumper stickers
Women were given the right to vote by the:
a. Fifteenth Amendment
b. Seventeenth Amendment
c. Nineteenth Amendment
d. Twentieth Amendment
The Magna Carta was an important prelude to the U.S.
Constitution because it. :
a. guaranteed due process and limited government power.
b. provided the inspiration for the Great Compromise.
c. was based upon the separation of powers between branches of government.
d. ensured that there would be no monarchy in the United States.
Police officers can compel a suspect who may have drugs in his home to wait outside
the home while they get a warrant.
a. True
b. False
There are no longer any national or state-sanctioned militias in the United States.
a. True
b. False
The Sixth Amendment embodies the concept of due process.
a. True
b. False
Electronic surveillance:
a. is governed by the Fourth Amendment.
b. never requires a warrant.
c. produces no intrusion on one's reasonable expectations of privacy.
d. requires a warrant only when entry on premises is necessary to conduct the
surveillance.
Statements, including confessions, will not be admissible in court if obtained while
violating a person's right to reasonable expectation of privacy under the:
a. Fourth Amendment
b. Fifth Amendment
c. Sixth Amendment
d. Fourteenth Amendment
In Codispoti v. Pennsylvania (1994), the Supreme Court has held that only more serious
offenses require a jury trial, which means if any period of incarceration is a possibility.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following gives a person the legal right to use deadly force to defend that
place, and any other innocent persons legally inside it, from violent attack or an
intrusion that may lead to violent attack?
a. The Fourth Amendment
b. The Brady Act
c. Castle laws
d. The Second Amendment
The Ninth Amendment specifically guarantees the right to privacy.
a. True
b. False
The Supreme Court justified the screening of inmate mail in:
a. Prewitt v. State of Arizona ex rel. Eyman (1969).
b. Procunier v. Martinez (1974).
c. City of Ladue v. Gilleo (1994).
d. Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997).
The central controversy over the Second Amendment is whether people have a right to
bear arms as individuals rather than only as part of a militia.
a. True
b. False
Arresting a person requires probable cause to justify the seizure and a warrant is
preferable, but not required.
a. True
b. False
The precedent case for analyzing confessions issues is Miranda v. Arizona.
a. True
b. False
Bail set at a figure higher than an amount "reasonably ______________" is excessive
under the Eighth Amendment.
a. calculated to fulfill its purpose
b. affordable for the defendant to produce
c. necessary to sanction the defendant
d. designed to make pretrial release possible
As stated in the case of United States v. Knights, the touchstone of the Fourth
Amendment is
a. legal sufficiency.
b. expectations of police.
c. reasonableness.
d. safety.
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee held that the Supreme Court can review and reverse state
court decisions and can review pending state cases.
a. True
b. False
For prisoners, cases based on Sixth Amendment rights involve the right to a speedy trial
and the problem of:
a. extradition
b. detainer
c. incarceration
d. inter-facility transfer
The Sixth Amendment right to a public trial requires a balance with the public's
_________rights.
a. First Amendment
b. reasonable access.
c. the Fifth Amendment.
d. compelling public interest
The Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Virginia, which held that exclusion of
females was unconstitutional, involved denial of admission to a:
a. medical school.
b. golf tournament.
c. NASA astronaut training program.
d. military institute.
A court of equity handles cases in which damages were sought.
a. True
b. False
Balancing the rights of the states and individual citizens against the power of the central
government was the purpose of the:
a. Bill of Rights
b. Articles of Confederation
c. first three Articles of the Constitution
d. Great Charter
The Supremacy Clause is located in ________of the United States Constitution.
a. Article 1
b. Article 3
c. Article 6
d. Article 8
The Thirteenth Amendment:
a. overturned the Dred Scott decision and prohibits slavery.
b. outlines the structure of the federal judiciary.
c. established how representatives are apportioned and what their qualifications are..
d. prohibited the sale and purchase of intoxicating liquors.
The U.S. Supreme Court held that confessions obtained through brutality and torture by
law enforcement officials are violations of constitutionally protected due process rights
in:
a. Brown v. Mississippi
b. Fikes v. Alabama
c. Katz v. United States
d. Dickerson v. United States
If the police reasonably believe at the time of their entry that a third party possessed the
authority to consent to the search, any evidence secured during the search is
____________at trial.
Police may not enter a private home without the appropriate warrant(s) to make a
routine felony arrest unless _______________exist.
__________________________is questioning initiated by law enforcement officers
after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom of
action in a significant way.
Freedom of religion, speech and the press is contained in the Amendment.
A situation in which the police take someone in for questioning in a manner that is, in
reality, an arrest, but without the requisite probable cause is called
_________________________.
Under the Constitution, laws themselves must be fair to be consistent with
_________________.
