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You are questioning a bunch of witnesses, No, you only read rights to someone suspect of a crime
but you don't suspect any of them. Do you
need to read them their rights?
Is it OK to ask witnesses if they know who Yes
committed the crime?
What if the a witness says, "I did it"? Is that Yes, because it is spontaneous and he wasn't a suspect at time of questioning
answer permissible?
What do you do if you want to continue Read him his rights
questioning a witness who admitted to
committing a crime?
Is a confession permissible if a suspect Yes
waives his rights, confesses, and signs a
written confession?
You ask a witness if he knew who did it. He No, because you didn't read his rights. If you do cleansing warning and he waves
admits, and you keep questioning. Will his right then it is permissible.
statement be permissible in court?
If you have someone who is taken into 14 days
custody, and he invokes his rights and asks
for a lawyer, and is released, how long do
you have before you can go and talk to
him?
You have someone who you apprehended, Yes, because it is spontaneous
and you are processing at the MP office,
you haven't given rights, but you don't
question. You ask administrative questions
and he begins to confess. Is that statement
admissible in court?
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, You have someone whom you suspect, you Yes, because he already waived his rights
read his rights, he waives rights with waiver,
and you lie and tell him you know he did it.
he admit he did it. Is his confession
admissible in court?
10. What happens if an MP doesn't read Neither will be permissible, because neither rights nor cleansing warning were given
someone their rights, gets a complete
confession, but MP doesn't give warning,
and doesn't give cleansing statement after
person comes back later and confesses
again the next day. Are either statements
permissible?
You advise a suspect of their rights, they Yes, because they approached you. You need to have them sign a waiver to their
invoke, don't want to talk. They come back rights. You don't need to get the lawyer.
(they already have lawyer) and say they
want to talk to you. Can you interrogate
them?
12. What if you have someone you No, because hand writing samples is not a confession. (4th only protects them from
apprehend for forgery, and they forged a being asked if they forged the notes without being read their rights)
sick call slip. You want them to fill out
another sick call slip to see if it is real. Is
making them do that self-incrimination?
No, not protected by 5th, art 31, or Miranda (but people must still look similar to the
Can someone refuse to appear in a lineup?
suspect)
If someone refuses to sign a rights waiver Yes, as long as they understood their rights and voluntarily waive them
(Da 3881), will their statements be
admissible if they only agree to waive their
rights verbally?
You are a PL, you are walking down a hall, Yes, because you have PC and Exigent circumstances.
and you smell marijuana, can you go into
the room immediately to search for the
marijuana? (assume you have been
properly trained on smell of marijuana)
What if after you are in the room, and you Only when you get a search authorization.
want to search the locked closet after
apprehending the soldier with the
marijuana. Can you search the closet?
You have a soldier who someone stole his Yes, because "self-help" is not a government intrusion
wallet. He goes into the perpetrators wall
locker and takes it back. Is the stolen wallet
permissible in court as evidence?
Can someone who is driving a vehicle, but Yes, Yes
not the owner, consent to a search? that
evidence allowed in court?
If you hear a rumor that there is a soldier No
selling drugs, and he is hiding it in a
dumpster behind the barracks, do you
need a search warrant?
You stop a car because it ran a red light. No, not without PC or consent
That's it. You want to search the trunk. Can
you?
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