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Chapter 5: Policing: Legal Aspects
21 True/False and 50 Multiple Choice
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2014

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True
Definition
A “knowing waiver” of rights requires that the defendant be able to understand the consequences of not invoking the Miranda rights.
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True
Definition
The U.S. Supreme Court established the public safety exception to the Miranda rule in New York v. Quarles.
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False
Definition
The sole condition for an emergency warrantless search is a probable cause to believe that there is an emergency threat of destruction of evidence.
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True
Definition
Rights are concerned with procedure, that is, with how police and other actors in the criminal justice system handle each part of the process of dealing with suspects.
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True
Definition
Harris v. U.S. sets out the plain-view doctrine.
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False
Definition
Evidence seized by police officers who are proceeding on a warrant but violate the knock-and-announce rule will be subject to the exclusionary rule.
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True
Definition
In the 1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court accelerated the process of guaranteeing individual rights in the face of criminal prosecution.
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False
Definition
According to the verdict in U.S. v. Irizarry, the plain-view doctrine applies if officers move objects so they can see evidence otherwise hidden from view.
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True
Definition
In Richards v. Wisconsin, the Supreme Court favored “no knock” entry when the police have a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing their presence would be dangerous or futile.
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True
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Probable cause is the minimum standard necessary for an arrest under any circumstance.
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False
Definition
Police officers may enter a home to conduct a warrantless search even if one of the residents does not give permission.
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True
Definition
Officers are usually required to submit an affidavit demonstrating probable cause to a magistrate or prosecutor in order to obtain an arrest warrant.
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False
Definition
Supreme Court rulings prohibit officers from searching arrestees of the opposite sex.
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True
Definition
In Illinois v. Caballes, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the use of a drug-sniffing dog during a routine and lawful traffic stop is permissible and may not even be a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
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False
Definition
In 2006 the USA PATRIOT Act was repealed.
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True
Definition
In California v. Hodari D., the Court ruled that suspects who flee from officers and throw away evidence as they retreat may be arrested based on the nature of the abandoned evidence.
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True
Definition
Officers need to provide Miranda warnings only in situations involving both arrest and custodial interrogation.
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True
Definition
Warrantless searches of a vehicle are permitted if officers have probable cause to believe contraband is present.
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True
Definition
In technical terms, an arrest occurs whenever a law enforcement officer restricts a person’s freedom to leave.
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True
Definition
The court recognized a suspect’s right to have legal counsel present during interrogation in Escobedo v. Illinois.
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True
Definition
When using phone taps, police must stop monitoring the call when it becomes obvious the conversation is innocent.
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Fourth Amendment
Definition
Unreasonable searches and seizures are prohibited by the ________.
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allows appellate courts to review the record of a lower court case
Definition
A writ of certiorari ________.
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Warren Court
Definition
Which U.S. Supreme Court made the exclusionary rule applicable to criminal prosecutions at the state level?
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exclusionary rule
Definition
Which of the following requires that incriminating evidence be seized by police according to the constitutional specifications of due process or it will not be allowed as evidence in court?
Term

Weeks v. U.S.

Definition
Which U.S. Supreme Court case was responsible for the creation of the exclusionary rule?
Term
Exclusionary rule
Definition
________ holds that evidence of an offense that is collected or obtained by law enforcement officers in violation of a defendant’s constitutional rights is inadmissible for use in a criminal prosecution in a court of law.
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fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Definition
A legal principle that excludes from introduction at trial any evidence later developed as a result of an illegal search or seizure is called ________.
Term
Terry v. Ohio
Definition
Which Supreme Court case has become the basis for “stop and frisk”? 
Term
GPS tracking
Definition
Which of the following is NOT an area of communication the ECPA deals specifically with?
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the good-faith exception
Definition
The 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. v. Leon established ________.
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danger to property
Definition
Which of the following is NOT a justification for emergency warrantless searches? 
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Mapp v. Ohio
Definition
Which Supreme Court ruling applied the principles developed in Weeks v. U.S. to trials in state courts?
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Miranda v. Arizona
Definition
Which famous 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided for the advisement of rights to criminal suspects prior to questioning?
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Brown v. Mississippi
Definition
Which 1936 Supreme Court case addressed physical abuse as a means of obtaining a confession?
Term
Fifth
Definition
Which amendment guarantees against self-incrimination? 
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New York v. Quarles
Definition
In ________, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that considerations of public safety can be overriding and negate the need for rights advisement prior to limited questioning.
Term
inmates freely talking about their crimes to an undercover officer posing as an inmate are not protected by Miranda
Definition

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in Illinois v. Perkins that ________.

Term
Earl Warren 
Definition
During which Supreme Court Justice’s tenure did the rights of individuals expand dramatically? 
Term
Landmark
Definition
________ cases produce substantial changes both in the understanding of the requirements of due process and in the practical day-to-day operations of the justice system.
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absolute and unqualified
Definition
An officer’s authority to detain occupants of a dwelling incident to the execution of a valid search warrant is ________.
Term
The drugs cannot be used at Mary’s trial because she did not consent to the search.
Definition
Jake and Mary are married and own their home. The police come to the house and ask for permission to search the house for drugs. Jake gives his consent to the search, but Mary says no because she has hidden some drugs in the kitchen. The police come in and search, over Mary’s objection, since Jake said it was okay. They find Mary’s drugs. Which of the following is legally correct in the ensuing trial?
Term
incarceration
Definition
Which of the following is NOT one of the major areas of due-process requirements of relevance to the police?
Term
Weeks v. U.S
Definition
Which U.S. Supreme Court case made the exclusionary rule applicable to seizures by federal officers?
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fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Definition
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S. is responsible for describing what principle of Fourth Amendment processes? 
Term
anticipatory
Definition
A(n) ________ warrant is issued based on probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime, while not currently at the place described, will likely be there when the warrant is executed. 
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Minnesota v. Olson
Definition
In which of the following cases did the U.S. Supreme Court extend the protection against warrantless searches to overnight guests residing in the home of another?
Term
a set of facts that cause a reasonable person to believe that a person committed a specific crime
Definition
Probable cause is ________.
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Illinois v. Rodriguez
Definition
Which of the following Supreme Court cases diminished the scope of the exclusionary rule?
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Maryland v. Garrison
Definition
Which 1987 Supreme Court case supported the use of evidence obtained with a search warrant that was inaccurate in its specifics?
Term
Horton v. California
Definition
Which of the following Supreme Court cases determined that “inadvertence” is no longer a necessary condition to ensure the legitimacy of seizure under the plain-view doctrine? 
Term
John G. Roberts
Definition
In 2005, ________ was appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
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Harris v. U.S.
Definition
The plain-view doctrine was set out in ________.
Term
U.S. v. Mendenhall
Definition
Which of the following Supreme Court cases set the “free to leave” test? 
Term
Payton v. New York
Definition
In which of the following cases was it established that an officer must have an arrest warrant to enter a suspect’s private residence, unless the suspect gives consent or there are some emergency circumstances? 
Term
Reasonable suspicion
Definition
________ is a belief, based on a consideration of the facts at hand and on reasonable inferences drawn from those facts that would induce an ordinarily prudent and cautious person under the same circumstances to conclude that criminal activity is taking place or that criminal activity has recently occurred.
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totality of circumstances
Definition
In the case of U.S. v. Sokolow, the Supreme Court ruled that the legitimacy of stopping and detaining the suspect for investigative purposes when there is probable cause lacking, must be according to ________ criterion.
Term

Winston v. Lee

Definition
In which of the following cases did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the suspect of a robbery could not be ordered to undergo surgery because such a magnitude of intrusion into his body was unacceptable under the right to privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment?
Term
reasonable parameters
Definition
In Wells, the Court held that ________ authorizing the search of a vehicle for inventorying purposes were necessary before such a discovery could be legitimate.
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U.S. v. Robinson
Definition
Which of the following Supreme Court cases is concerned with search incident to lawful arrest? 
Term
Brown v. Texas
Definition
Police officers are not allowed to randomly stop citizens for questioning when they don’t suspect them of breaking the law. This rule was established in ________.
Term
plain-view
Definition
An officer knocks on the door of a suspected drug dealer, who invites the officer into the house. While in the kitchen, the officer notices a marijuana plant on the windowsill. The officer may legally seize the plant under the ________ doctrine. 
Term
Warden v. Hayden
Definition
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court recognize the need for emergency searches without a warrant? 
Term
motor homes 
Definition
In California v. Carney (1985), the Court extended police authority to conduct warrantless searches of vehicles to include ________.
Term
compelling interest
Definition
What legal concept provides the basis of suspicionless searches when public safety is at issue? 
Term
Fourteenth
Definition
The applicability of constitutional rights to all citizens, regardless of state law or procedure is guaranteed by the ________ Amendment.
Term
Illinois v. Gates
Definition
Which of the following cases emphasizes the totality of circumstances approach?
Term
Leyra v. Denno
Definition
To elicit a confession, police departments cannot hire professionals skilled in the art of psychological manipulation because of the decision in the case of ________.
Term
Katz v. U.S.
Definition
Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases held that electronic eavesdropping was a search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment? 
Term
U.S. v. Scott 
Definition
Which case established the minimization requirement for electronic surveillance? 
Term
custody and interrogation 
Definition
What two principles are considered the Miranda triggers? 
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