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Sociology of Criminal Justice Exam #2 (UT) correctly answered
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Sociology of Criminal Justice Exam #2(UT)
4 amendment - correct answer ✔✔Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
5th Amendment - correct answer ✔✔protects from self-incrimination, double jeopardy and most
importantly mandates due process of law.
6th Amendment - correct answer ✔✔guarantees a citizen a speedy trial, a fair jury, an attorney if the
accused person wants one, and the chance to confront the witnesses who is accusing the defendant of a
crime.
8th Amendment - correct answer ✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment
14th Amendment - correct answer ✔✔guarantees privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process,
and Equal Protection.
The Fourth Amendment guarantees against unreasonable searches and seizures. What does
"unreasonable" mean? - correct answer ✔✔Beyond what a reasonable, honest person would think.
What is the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment? - correct answer ✔✔-A warrant is a written
order signed by a court authorizing a law-enforcement officer to conduct a search, seizure, or arrest.
-Probable cause.
-Make an oath or affirmation (affidavit) supporting probable cause
-The warrant must specify who, what, and where is being searched.
-Issued by a judge/magistrate to their satisfaction
What is an affidavit? - correct answer ✔✔A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use
as evidence in court..
, What is the four corners doctrine? - correct answer ✔✔Four corners: a rule holding that if a document
(as a contract, deed, or will) appears on its face to be complete no outside evidence may be used to
challenge it
--> If there is evidence that exists outside of these four corners (whats on paper) they cannot be used in
court if they directly contradict the terms of the written contract
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine - correct answer ✔✔all evidence seized after after an illegal action
of law enforcement is inadmissible; SO: If an unlawful arrest was made then the evidence found during
the arrest is believed to also be unlawful by CJ members
What did the Court hold in Terry v Ohio and to which course concepts does it relate? - correct answer
✔✔(stop and frisk) requirements/sequence of events: suspicion (no evidence of a crime), armed and
dangerous, must identify as law enforcement, field interrogation, pat down if you're still suspicious
Legal warrantless search
Supreme Court held that police are authorized to briefly detain an individual whom they suspect may be
involved in an illicit activity. Further, the Court held that police may also conduct a search of the
suspect's outer clothing for weapons if they feel such a search is warranted.
Has to do with 4th Amendment protections
What did the Court hold in Minnesota v. Dickerson - correct answer ✔✔expands scope of Terry
search/stop and frisk to "plain feel", or anything illegal found in the search instead of just a weapon
Carroll v US - correct answer ✔✔vehicle searches can be conducted without a warrant
Delaware v. Prouse - correct answer ✔✔you cannot do completely random car searches
Harris v. US - correct answer ✔✔establishes the "plain view" doctrine, where items that are found via
proper/lawful intrusion, inadvertently and are immediately apparent as evidence as a crime can be used
as evidence without a warrant
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