Criminal procedure I: Search and Seizure

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Evidence obtained by law enforcement using methods that violate a person's Constitutional rights is not admissible in a criminal prosecution against that person. This procedural requirement is called:

The Exclusionary Rule

What is a search warrant?

-An order in writing from a District Court judge or authorized justice of the peace. -It authorizes a law enforcement officer(s) to conduct a search. -It authorizes a seizure of a person(s) or property.

To obtain a search warrant, a law enforcement officer must do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

-Complete an Affidavit and Request for Search Warrant form -Make the request to a District Court judge or justice of the peace

Grounds for issuing a search warrant include which of the following?(select all that apply) (pick one)(note: not all of them)

-Evidence and contraband. -Instrumentalities of crime. -Documentary evidence in a civil lawsuit. -People to be arrested, and kidnap victims.

After executing a search warrant, the law enforcement officer must do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

-Leave a copy of the warrant at the premises -Leave a copy of a receipt at the premises for property taken -Deliver the original warrant and inventory of items to the court designated on the warrant

Exceptions to the search warrant requirement include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

-Search incident to arrest -Hot pursuit -Exigent circumstances

The ____________ requirement for search warrants requires that the place to be searched and things to be seized be articulated in detail. (pick one)

-Staleness -Particularity -evidence

When executing a search warrant, a law enforcement officer will do all of the following, EXCEPT:

Bring representatives of the media along.

_______________ is defined as facts and circumstances within the law enforcement officer's knowledge and of which the officer had reasonably trustworthy information are sufficient in themselves to warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that seizable property would be found in a particular place or on a particular person.

Probable cause to search.

The 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution protects citizens from:

Unreasonable searches and seizures.


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