Forensic Science Evidence

What is criminal law?

• Deals with regulations & enforcement of rights

• Passed by state legislature or congress

• Deals with disputes between individuals or organizations

What is statutory law?

• Deals with regulations & enforcement of rights

• Passed by state legislature or congress

• Deals with disputes between individuals or organizations

What is civil law?

• Deals with regulations & enforcement of rights

• Passed by state legislature or congress

• Deals with disputes between individuals or organizations

The principle that states that "the perpetrator of a crime will bring something to the crime scene & leave with something from it, & that both can be used as forensic evidence is known as ______________ Exchange Principle.

• Bertollon's

• Landsteiner's

• Locard's

• Orfila's

The _____________ is considered the supreme law of the land.

• Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• State Constitution

Which of the following is NOT a plea a suspect can offer?

• Guilty

• Double Jeopardy

• Nolo Contendere

• Guilty by reason of insanity

A violation of a rule or law that is NOT punishable by prison is a ___________

• infraction

• arraignment

• indictment

• violation

_____________ refer to a police procedure following the arrest that requests basic information about the suspect (photo, fingerprint, line up, etc.)

• arrest

• arraignment

• booking

• indictment

_________________ is money put up to guarantee the defendant will show up to court.

• arraignment

• bail

• nolo contendere

• material

Nolo Contendere is when a defendant neither ____________ nor _______ a crime, but accepts punishment

• agrees to nor disagrees to

• admits nor denies

• recalls nor remembers

• acknowledges nor ignores