Chapter 8 Flashcards

1
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Grounds or fields attached to a house.

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What is curtilage?

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The principle that evidence may be used in a criminal trial even though the search warrant used to obtain it was technically faulty, as long as the police acted in good faith when they sought the warrant from a judge.

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Good faith exception

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The requirement that a search warrant state precisely where the search is to take place and what items are to be seized.

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Particularity

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4
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The principle that evidence in plain view of police officers may be seized without a search warrant.

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Plain view doctrine

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5
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Emergency or urgent circumstances

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Exigent Circumstances

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6
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The administrative record of an arrest, listing the offender’s name, address, physical description, date of birth, employer, time of arrest, offense, and name of arresting officer; it also includes photographing and fingerprinting of the offender.

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Booking

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The evidentiary criterion necessary to sustain an arrest or the issuance of an arrest or search warrant: a set of facts, information, circumstances, or conditions that would lead a reasonable person to believe that an offense was committed and that the accused committed that offense.

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Probable Cause

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8
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Occurs when a police officer takes a person into custody or deprives a person of freedom for having allegedly committed a criminal offense.

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What is arrest?

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9
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The requirement that when a person is custodially interrogated, police inform the individual of the right to remain silent, the consequences of failing to remain silent, and the constitutional right to counsel.

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Miranda Warning

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9
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Placing a suspect in a group for the purpose of being viewed and identified by a witness.

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Lineup

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10
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An exception to the search warrant rule, limited to the immediate surrounding area.

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Search incident to a lawful arrest

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Police investigations technique in which officers board a bus or train without suspicion of illegal activity and question passengers, asking for identification and seeking permission to search their baggage.

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Bus Sweep

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12
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The principle that evidence can be used in court even though the information that led to its discovery was obtained in violation of the Miranda rule if a judge finds it would have been discovered anyway by other means or sources.

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Inevitable discovery rule

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13
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The principle that prohibits using illegally obtained evidence in a trial.

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Exclusionary rule

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15
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The situation in which police officers who are suspicious of an indivdual run their hands lightly over the suspect’s outer garments to determine whether the person is carrying a concealed weapon; also called a threshold inquiry or pat-down.

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Stop and Frisk

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16
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Any unoccupied or undeveloped real property outside the curtilage of a home.

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What is Open Field?

17
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A government actor’s infringement on a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy.

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What is Search?

18
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The principle that a suspect can be questioned in the field without a Miranda warning if the information the police seek is needed to protect public safety.

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Public Safety doctrine