chapter 7 crim final

Special Agent Collins is a new agent with the Drug Enforcement Agency. While investigating a multi-tiered heroin trafficking ring, the agent arrests Todd, a low-level street dealer, based on satisfactory evidence. However, he forgets to read Todd his Miranda rights. While transporting Todd to the detention center, the agent questions him about the drug operation. Which of the following statements is true?

Any information that Special Agent Collins obtains during the transport to the detention center cannot be used against Todd in court.

________ is/are the second leading cause of wrongful convictions.

False confessions

Michelle Jones, a suspect in a murder case, hires an attorney and turns herself over to the police, who formally arrest her. While waiting for her attorney at the police station, the detectives handling the case try to talk to Michelle about the murder. In this case, which amendment is being violated?

6th

The ________ Amendment entitles criminal defendants to the help of an attorney at trial.

6th

Which of the following would be considered a private place according to Fourth Amendment standards?

A person's home

Which of the following is an exception to the search warrant requirement?

incident to an arrest

Informing suspects of their rights was seen as the only effective way to safeguard their privilege against:

self-incrimination.

Which of the following cases required that defendants must be informed of certain rights prior to custodial interrogation?

Miranda v. Arizona

In ________, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the use of deadly force was not reasonable unless the suspect committed a crime that inflicted serious harm and his or her escape posed a significant risk of further serious harm to persons at large

Tennessee v. Garner

The exclusionary rule states that:

evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used against a criminal defendant at trial.

A suspect cannot consult a lawyer once the questioning begins.

false

Michelle Jones, a suspect in a murder case, hires an attorney and turns herself over to the police, who formally arrest her. While waiting for her attorney at the police station, the detectives handling the case try to talk to Michelle about the murder, and she confesses the location of the victim's dead body. At the same time as this conversation, other officers are digging in an open field in search of the victim's body. If the body is found, it will be allowed as evidence in this case because of the ________ exception.

fruit of the poisonous tree

The derivative evidence rule is also known as the ________ doctrine.

fruit of the poisonous tree

The ________ allows for illegally obtained evidence to be admissible if police officers would have found it anyway had they used proper procedures.

inevitable discovery exception

The ________ exception allows police to interrogate suspects without first warning them of their rights if there is a significant threat to innocent bystanders.

public safety

A Terry stop is permitted when police have ________ to believe that a person is engaged in criminal activity.

reasonable suspicion

Overall, ________ of the people who experienced use of force believed that the force used against them was excessive.

three-fourths