Criminal Justice Test 3

How many states allow the use of videotaped testimony for child witnesses?

37

How many states have intermediate appellate courts?

39

writ of certiorari

An order by a higher court directing a lower court to set up a case for review.

What 1963 supreme court case addressed physical abuse as a means of obtaining a confession?

Brown v. Mississippi

Who is responsible for swearing in witnesses?

Clerk of court

What two principles are considered the Miranda triggers?

Custody and interrogation.

At which stage of the hearing are defendants brought before a judge to possibly be afforded the opportunity for bail?

First Appearance

Case determined that inadvertence is no longer a necessary condition to ensure the legitimacy of seizure under the plain-view doctrine?

Horton v. California

Who coined the phrase working personality of police officers?

Jerome Skolnick

Which type of police corruption involves the act of seeking illicit money making opportunities by police?

Meat Eating

In ______ the Supreme Court stated that consideration of public safety can be overriding and negate the need for rights advisement prior to limited questioning.

New York v. Quarles

What type of plea is most similar to a guilty plea?

Nolo contendere

The official program of a state or legislative jurisdiction that sets standards for the training of law enforcement officers is known as the ________.

Peace Officer Standards and Training Program

Benefits of educated police

Reduced sensitivity to racial issues.

What case established a two-pronged test for assessing constitutional violations by government agents?

Saucier v. Katz

Which of the following supreme court cases set the free to leave test?

U.S. v. Mendenhall

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 due to the 4th amendment?

Winston vs Lee

A research project on female officers in Massachusetts found that female officers ____.

are extremely devoted to their work.

A formal written accusation submitted to a court by a prosecution, alleging that a specific person has committed a specific crime

arraignment

________ 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.

exclusionary rule

The issue of weather the defendant is actually responsible for the crime of which he or she is accused

factual guilt

In California vs Carney the court established police authority to conduct warantless searches of vehicles to include ______

motor homes

Officers who have adopted the police working personality are all of the following except:

secure

The Batson decision laid out the requirements defendants must prove when seeking to establish ___________.

the discriminatory use of preemptory challenges