Exam 7: Policing: Legal Aspects

The police are not required to provide a Miranda warning before questioning someone who is not under arrest.

Explain in detail two exceptions to the exclusionary rule.

________ involves tactics used by police interviewers that fall short of physical abuse but still pressure suspects to divulge information.

The good-faith exception may allow evidence obtained through an illegal search to be admitted at trial.

What is the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment?

The views of the U.S.Supreme Court in the area of individual rights have changed dramatically over time.Compare the views of the Warren Court to those of the Burger and Rehnquist Courts.Why do you think these courts had such divergent views? Which do you prefer and why? Support your opinions.

According to the Supreme Court,in a search incident to arrest,where are the police permitted to search if they do not have a search warrant?

Miranda rights do not apply to illegal immigrants living in the U.S.

Which U.S.Supreme Court made the exclusionary rule applicable to criminal prosecutions at the state level?

When are the police required to read the Miranda warnings to a suspect?

Match the Supreme Court case to its main ruling. A)U.S.v.Leon B)Weeks v.U.S. C)Mapp v.U.S. D)Escobedo v.Illinois E)Chimel v.California F)Terry v.Ohio G)Silverthorne Lumber Co.v.U.S. H)Harris v.U.S. -Set the standard for a brief stop and frisk based on reasonable suspicion

Which federal law greatly expanded the ability of the police to intercept many forms of electronic communications?

19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,the surviving Boston Marathon bomber,was initially questioned by law enforcement officers before he was read his Miranda rights under which exception to Miranda?

Match the Supreme Court case to its main ruling. A)U.S.v.Leon B)Weeks v.U.S. C)Mapp v.U.S. D)Escobedo v.Illinois E)Chimel v.California F)Terry v.Ohio G)Silverthorne Lumber Co.v.U.S. H)Harris v.U.S. -Created the plain view doctrine

A(n)________ waiver of Miranda rights requires that the suspect is able to understand those rights.

In which of the following situations would the police not be legally permitted to conduct a warrantless search or seize evidence without a warrant?

Match the Supreme Court case to its main ruling. A)U.S.v.Leon B)Weeks v.U.S. C)Mapp v.U.S. D)Escobedo v.Illinois E)Chimel v.California F)Terry v.Ohio G)Silverthorne Lumber Co.v.U.S. H)Harris v.U.S. -Formally recognized the right to have legal counsel present during police interrogation

A search warrant can only be issued if there is

A(n)________ warrant is issued based on probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime which is not currently at the place described will likely be there when the warrant is executed.

Which Supreme Court ruling applied the exclusionary rule to the states?