Texas DPS CID Exam
1.No defendant can be convicted without?: Evidence
2.Officers two important roles concerning evidence?: Find evidence with or without a warrant; helps the prosecutor get the evidence admitted at trial.
3.The main duty of persecutors is?: To make sure justice is done.
4.Brady VS Maryland: the prosecution is required to disclose all evidence to the accused
5.Even though an officer may obtain evidence properly under 4th amendment it may not be admissible under Texas Constitution.: EX. Richardson VS. State. In federal law no right to privacy on numbers dialed on a phone, but in Texas citizens have a right to privacy regarding numbers dialed on a phone.
6.Reasonable search: 1) Supported by probable cause. 2) search made with warrant or exception to warrant requirement .
7.Probable Cause: Enough facts to show evidence of a crime will be found
8.Exceptions to search warrant requirements.: 1) Incident to lawful arrest. 2) Terry search 3) Administrative search 4) Consent 5)Border, airport, or
roadblock 6) Inventory 7) Automobile 8) Emergency
9.Search defined: Intrusion into an area covered by reasonable expectation of privacy.
10.Areas of reasonable expectation of privacy.: 1) House and curtilage 2) Car, van, motor home, or recreation vehicle 3) Persons body including blood 4) Purse , wallet, and suitcase 5) Backpack 6) Hotel room 7) Telephone booth 8) Desk and private office 9) Private dressing room in club 10) Bathroom stall 11) Box or envelope
12) Diary or personal letter 13) Numbers dialed from a phone
11.No expectation of privacy.: 1) Garbage placed on curb for collection 2) Photo of persons wound or injury 3) Persons facial appearance 4) Public waiting room at doctors office 5) Dressing room at store if customer informed room under surveil- lance for shoplifting 6) Hotel room where manager calls to vacate person who's not paid or time is expired 7) Public street, building or area which public given access
8) common area where public may go 9) Automotive VIN 10) Bank account info voluntarily given to a bank 11) Monitoring beeper used to follow transport of drugs
12) Allowing drug detection K9 to sniff piece of luggage in public place 13) VIN located on vehicle dash or door jamb 14) Prison cell
12.Plain View Doctrine: 4th Amendment does not cover something when its in plain view
13.Plain Touch Doctrine: During a proper pat down for weapons if officer detects something that is immediately apparent to be drugs or weapons, the officer may seize without a warrant . .Public Scent: When a drug dog detects contraband in a public place it is not a search.
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