Criminal Investigation Ch. 2

Which of the following statements is true about substantive criminal law?

• It deals with those elements that describe and define a crime.

• It involves understanding how things need to be done with the people involved in an investigation, be it a victim, a witness, an informant, or a suspect.

• It defines what can and cannot be done with, or to, people.

• It changes much more rapidly than procedural criminal law.

Procedural law deals with all of the following except ________.

• process of arrest

• admissibility of evidence

• search and seizure

• elements of a crime

In which Amendment of the Bill of Rights is the due process clause found?

• The First Amendment

• The Fourth Amendment

• The Fifth Amendment

• The Tenth Amendment

Which of the following protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures?

• The First Amendment

• The Fifth Amendment

• The Eighth Amendment

• The Fourth Amendment

________ is a temporary and limited interference with the freedom of a person for investigative purposes.

• An arrest

• A detention

• An affidavit

• Charging

The "stop-question-and-frisk" program was built around the landmark 1968 court cases of ________, in which the Supreme Court granted approval to frisks conducted by officers lacking probable cause for an arrest to search for weapons.

• Wolf v. Colorado, Mapp v. Ohio, and Hudson v. Michigan

• Terry v. Ohio, Sibron v. New York, and Peters v. New York

• Herring v. United States, Weeks v. United States, and Ker v. California

• Chimel v. California, Maryland v. Buie, and Muehler v. Mena

A written statement of the information known to the officer that serves as the basis for the issuance of a warrant is:

• an arrest warrant

• an affidavit

• a court order

• All of the answers are correct

________ is defined as suspicion plus facts and circumstances that would lead a reasonable person exercising ordinary caution to believe that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed.

• In-presence arrest

• Probable cause

• Investigative detention

• The requirements of an arrest warrant

Until 1914, federal law enforcement officers conducting an illegal search that produced incriminating evidence were allowed to use that evidence in court. What happened that changed the use of illegal evidence by federal officers?

• The president of the United States signed an order prohibiting its use.

• J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, signed an executive order prohibiting the use of illegally obtained evidence.

• Mapp v. Ohio forbids the use of illegally obtained evidence by federal officers.

• Weeks v. United States forbids the use of illegally obtained evidence by federal officers.

Which of the following cases established the rule that any evidence unreasonably searched and seized could no longer be admissible in any court?

• Weeks v. Ohio

• Roe v. Wade

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Gideon v. Wainwright