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MPTC Final Exam Review Questions & Answers.1st Amendment - ANS Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - ANS Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the
government
5th Amendment - ANS the Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
8th Amendment - ANS No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability - ANS Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-
imposed sanction in a lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a person’s constitutional
rights).
Jurisdiction - ANS The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest or
serve (provided that they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
Reasonable Suspicion - ANS Specific articulable facts which, when taken together,
would convince a reasonable person to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause - ANS Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable
person to believe that:
A) A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
B) A specific item subject to seizure will be found
Seizure - ANS When police take possession of property, make an arrest, or restrict a
person’s ability to move freely.
Search - ANS The physical invasion or intrusions of privacy by police on people, homes
or personal property to obtain information or gather evidence.
Frisk - ANS A warrantless and limited search of a person’s outer garments and area of
control by police to discover weapons.
Arrest Warrant Requirements - ANS 1. Name of person to be arrested
2. The crime allegedly committed by person named
3. A command that the person named in the warrant be brought before the court
4. Signature of the official issuing the warrant.
Arrest without a warrant - ANS A) for a felony in the officer's presence or with probable
cause
B) A crime committed in the officer's presence that amounts to a breach of the peace.
C) Certain misdemeanors committed in the past when arrest is authorized by statute.
D) Certain misdemeanors committed in an officer's presence
, Search incident to arrest - ANS A search of a person and their area of control after
arrest looking for fruits, instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have
been arrested.
Consent search - ANS When a person waives their 4th amendment rights for officers to
search places where the person consenting has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
CONSENT MUST BE VOLUTARY AND INFORMED!
Plain View Doctrine - ANS Police may seize evidence of a crime without a warrant that
is in plain view and no reasonable expectation of privacy exists.
Curtilage - ANS The area immediately surrounding a dwelling
Exigent Circumstances - ANS Exigent circumstance exist when there is probable cause
and:
A) Likelihood of danger to police or other without immediate action.
B) Likelihood of imminent removal or destruction of evidence
C) Risk of flight.
Inventories - ANS Administrative, non-investigatory searches pursuant to written
departmental procedures and justified as a means of protecting property.
Citizen arrest - ANS A private citizen may lawfully arrest someone who has in fact
already committed a felony.
A police officer acting outside of his jurisdiction (if not in pursuit) would be considered to
be acting as a citizen.
Direct Evidence - ANS Evidence that directly links a person to a crime without relying on
inference or other evidence.
Physical Evidence - ANS Tangible items/object that may be direct or circumstantial
evidence
Testimonial Evidence - ANS Includes statements made by, victims, witnesses, suspects
and police.
Circumstantial Evidence - ANS Evidence that relies on an inference to connect to a
conclusion of fact.
Exculpatory Evidence - ANS Evidence or statement that tend to clear, justify or excuse
a defendant from fault.
Relevant Evidence - ANS Evidence tending to make a fact a more or less probable than
it would be without the evidence.
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