Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

Police may randomly stop a vehicle to check the driver's license and registration.

A) True
B) False

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

"Probable cause" is more than actual knowledge,but is less than a mere hunch that a crime occurred.

A) True
B) False

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Define the concept of probable cause and explain why it is somewhat ambiguous and difficult to conceptualize.

Correct Answer

Answered by ExamLex AI

Answered by ExamLex AI

Probable cause is a legal standard used ...

View Answer

Under the ____________,the police can only control crime within the framework of the Bill of Rights.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of the following does not fall under the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination?


A) A witness is testifying in a civil case.
B) A suspect is required to provide a blood sample that may help prove his guilt.
C) A criminal defendant is questioned under oath in court.
D) An individual is testifying before a congressional committee.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Under the rule of law in the United States,the ends are more important than the means.

A) True
B) False

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of the following is not a way the courts have modified the Miranda decision?


A) The police are not required to give the Miranda warning in the exact form that it was originally outlined in Miranda v. Arizona.
B) A suspect's mere silence does not mean that the suspect intends to invoke Miranda.
C) Voluntary oral statements to the police are admissible even if the suspect invoked his or her right to counsel and refused to make any written statements.
D) If a suspect waives his or her Miranda rights, the police do not need to interrupt the flow of questioning if the suspect later requests counsel.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Police officers are required to obtain warrants when making felony arrests when:


A) the officers have reasonable grounds but not probable cause to arrest
B) there are no exigent circumstances
C) the officers are unable to swear an affidavit
D) they have not already given the suspect a Miranda warning

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The doctrine of __________ means the "state is the ultimate parent" of the child.


A) in loco parentis
B) corpus estatum
C) e pluribus fratricidios
D) parens patriae

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

According to the Supreme Court,what conditions are required for an officer to search objects belonging to a passenger in a vehicle?


A) The only requirement is that the officer has probable cause to search the vehicle.
B) The officer must have probable cause to search the vehicle, and the item the officer is looking for must be able to fit in the objects being searched.
C) The officer must have probable cause to search the vehicle, and the search must be incident to a drug-related investigation.
D) The officer must have probable cause to search the vehicle, and the objects being searched must belong to the driver of the vehicle.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

In which situation are the police permitted to conduct a consent search?


A) The police ask for and receive consent to search a house but do not inform the homeowners that they have the right to refuse consent.
B) The police receive consent to search a house after falsely telling the homeowner that they have a search warrant.
C) The police request permission to search a home for contraband. One homeowner refuses to give permission but the other consents.
D) The police may conduct searches in all of these situations.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which type of search and seizure may not be conducted without a warrant?


A) The seizure of evidence that is in "plain view"
B) A search when consent is given
C) A full search of a house after the occupant has been arrested
D) A stop and frisk search during a field interrogation

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The _____________ doctrine permits warrantless searches of automobiles when an officer has probable cause to believe the automobile contains criminal evidence.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

In the case of Illinois v.Wardlow,the Supreme Court decided that,under certain conditions,a citizen's running away from the police:


A) supports reasonable suspicion to justify a stop and frisk search
B) permits the use of deadly force by the police under the fleeing felon rule
C) creates a requirement for probable cause for a stop and frisk search
D) does not eliminate the need for consent on the part of the citizen before a search may be conducted

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Match the court case to its ruling

Premises
Terry v. Ohio
In Re Gault
Carroll v. U.S.
Katz v. U.S.
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainright
Mapp v. Ohio
Powell v. Alabama
Argersinger v. Hamilin
Roper v. Simmons
Responses
Automobiles may be searched if the police have probable cause for a search warrant and there are urgent circumstances requiring an immediate search
Wiretapping is a search and violates a reasonable expectation of privacy
Offenders under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes may not be executed
Stop-and-frisk searches may be conducted with less than the traditional amount of probable cause
All indigent persons charged with felonies in state courts must be provided with counsel
Poor and illiterate defendants are entitled to the assistance of counsel in a capital case
Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment must be excluded from government use in a criminal trial
Fourteenth Amendment due process protections apply to juveniles as well as adults
Indigent people charged with misdemeanors for which the punishment may include incarceration have the right to counsel
Confessions made by suspects who have not been notified of their constitutional rights cannot be admitted into evidence

Correct Answer

Terry v. Ohio
In Re Gault
Carroll v. U.S.
Katz v. U.S.
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainright
Mapp v. Ohio
Powell v. Alabama
Argersinger v. Hamilin
Roper v. Simmons

The___ Amendment's protections include the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury and the assistance of counsel for one's defense.


A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Sixth
D) Eighth

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

In ,the Supreme Court mandated that all indigent persons charged with felonies in state courts be provided counsel.


A) Argersinger v. Hamlin
B) Gideon v. Wainwright
C) Escobedo v. Illinois
D) State v. Williams

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The exclusionary rule requires that any evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment must be excluded from the government's use in a criminal trial.

A) True
B) False

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

In ,the Supreme Court said a suspect should have counsel present during interrogation.


A) Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Massiah v. U.S.
D) Escobedo v. Illinois

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

In a small space like a car,officers can reasonably infer a(n) ___________ among driver and passengers,and have probable cause to suspect that drugs belong to any or all of them.


A) common agreement
B) common enterprise
C) need to escape
D) injudicious plan

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 21 - 40 of 73

Related Exams

Show Answer