CASE LAW

Question 1

TERRY

Answer 1

an officer can check a person for weapons during a consensual encounter

Question 2

Escobedo

Answer 2

individuals have the right to an attorney when an investigation goes beyond a general inquiry and focuses on a particular suspect. The principal states that a statement by a targeted suspect who is in police custody is not admissible at trial.

Question 3

miranda

Answer 3

right to self incrimination warning and waiver. The Fifth Amendment requires that law enforcement advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody

Question 4

Leon

Answer 4

good faith exception to the exclusionary rule. officers found evidence in a search warrant later deemed invalid

Question 5

Mapp

Answer 5

Dollree Mapp was convicted of possessing obscene materials after an admittedly illegal police search of her home for a fugitive. She appealed her conviction on the basis of freedom of expression. evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment (unreasonable search and seizure) is inadmissable in state courts.

Question 6

Cahan

Answer 6

Horseracing and bookmaking by Los Angeles Police department. officers put recording devices in homes. evidence obtained in violation of 4th amendment inadmissable.

Question 7

Ramey

Answer 7

need a warrant to arrest someone inside their home without getting consent to enter

Question 8

Rochin

Answer 8

deals with shocks the conscience. officers forced subject to vomit drug capsules he swallowed violation of 5th(self incrimination) and 14(due process

Question 9

Chimel

Answer 9

searches “incident to arrest” are limited to the area within the immediate control of the suspect

Question 10

4th amendment

Answer 10

search and seizure

Question 11

5th amendment

Answer 11

The Fifth Amendment protects individuals from being forced to incriminate themselves. … The privilege against compelled self-incrimination is defined as “the constitutional right of a person to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against himself.

Question 12

6th amendment

Answer 12

guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.

Question 13

8th amendment

Answer 13

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.’ The amendment is meant to safeguard Americans against excessive punishments.

Question 14

14th amendment

Answer 14

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws

Question 15

how many amendments are there

Answer 15

27 amendments