Exam 13: Police and the Law

Can a police officer randomly stop a vehicle?

A suspect wants to speak to his mother alone in the interrogation room. When the detectives leave the room, Lt. Maxwell starts to turn off the video camera, but Sgt. Franz stops him. Maxwell says they have to turn off the camera or they will violate the suspect's right to privacy. Franz says Maxwell is wrong, and they might get a taped confession by leaving the camera running. Who is correct?

Why did the Court rule that being sniffed by a trained drug dog did NOT constitute an unreasonable search?

The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently ruled in favor of the sanctity of one's home, a concept that has come to be known as the __________.

If a police officer's life or another's life is at peril from the person in question, it is permissible to use __________.

The hot pursuit exception to the warrant requirement allows you to enter the cabin. Additionally, given that one of the suspects, Tom, assaulted an officer, it is reasonable to believe that someone else might be hurt if you were to wait for a search warrant. You need to exercise caution in searching the cabin since the owner does not want you to enter. While searching the cabin you locate the two suspects. You place them under arrest, handcuff them, search them, and now you want to interrogate them. -The exclusionary rule is an interpretation of which amendment to the Constitution?

Summary A A voluntary confession does not require that the suspect be read his Miranda rights. Stopping the suspect at this point may cause him to change his mind. However, the Supreme Court has held that custodial interrogation is inherently coercive and, if you did not read him his Miranda right there is a risk that the confession may later be held inadmissible. To learn about voluntary confessions, see "The Police and Custodial Interrogation." Summary B A voluntary confession does not require that the suspect be read his Miranda rights. Stopping the suspect at this point may cause him to change his mind. However, the Supreme Court has held that custodial interrogation is inherently coercive and there is a risk that the confession may later be held inadmissible. To learn more about voluntary confessions, see "The Police and Custodial Interrogation." After obtaining the warrant, you begin your search for the suspects. While searching the cabin, you locate the two suspects. You place them under arrest, handcuff them, search them, and now you want to interrogate them. -What process does the court system use to determine if an interrogation is constitutional?

Which standard of proof would lead a reasonable person to believe a certain condition or fact exists?

What is the difference between a hunch and reasonable suspicion?

An order from a court, issued by a judge, authorizing and directing the police to search a particular place for certain property described and bring it to the court is called a(n) ___________.

For a crime to be committed, the act must be either malum in se (wrong in itself) or malum prohibitum (____________).

Many people wrongly assume that exceptions to the need for a search warrant include __________.

Most searches are made in emergency situations, called ___________.

What can police do to a person for any crime committed in the officers' presence, with or without a warrant?

The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) are published by which organization?

How is plain view evidence defined?

If parties to a case in the lowest federal court are unhappy with the ruling, the case can be moved to the next level, which is U.S. __________.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. The FBI wants to record his voice so it can be compared by an expert to the voice that made the ransom call. His attorney refuses, saying it would violate the suspect's rights. Is the attorney correct?