The USA _______ACT of 2001 expanded the authority of government to use many of
these measures in combating terrorism.
Search and seizure protections are found in the ____________ Amendment.
Explain the concept of community caretaking. What impact does this have on obtaining
evidence of criminal conduct?
The plain view or public view doctrines do not apply to documents or writings.
One of the purposes of the right to a jury trial is to protect people against overzealous
prosecutors and biased judges
The Fourth Amendment generally does not apply to property that is voluntarily
abandoned.
Unless they are the victim of a crime or an eyewitness, a child under the age of twelve
can never be a competent witness.
Warrantless searches and seizures inside a home are presumptively (generally)
unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
Thousands of people carry ___________ equipped as cameras.
The USA PATRIOT Act modified prior law on electronic eavesdropping.
Use of the exclusionary rule to exclude unreliable evidence could help protect innocent
people from being convicted.
__________ stops are utilized thousands of times annually for drivers that are speeding
or have equipment violations.
The leading cause of the wrongful convictions was erroneous identification by
eyewitnesses.
The courts look at the ___________ of the circumstances to decide if a confession is
voluntary.
A conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act.
Attempting to use evidence that the defendant contacted a lawyer after being charged
with a crime is generally not admissible against the defendant.
The president of the U.S. has no privilege with regard to confidential communications
with top advisors.
Fingerprint evidence has been held to pass the ____________ test adopted by the
Supreme Court for the admissibility of scientific evidence.
There are no exceptions to the hearsay rule in the Federal Rules of Evidence.
In Thornton v. U.S. (2004), the Supreme Court expanded the authority of officers to
search vehicles incident to a lawful arrest.