Law I U3 L2

To take a person suspected of a crime into custody

• Arrest

• Stop and Frisk

• Convict

• Interrogate

Court-ordered document authorizing police to arrest an individual on a specific charge

• Interrogatory Warrant

• Probable Cause Warrant

• Cease and Desist Warrant

• Arrest Warrant

A reasonable belief, known personally or through reliable sources, that a specific person has committed a crime

• Probable Cause

• Reasonable Suspicion

• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

• Corroboration

Belief, based on some evidence, that a person has committed a crime. This belief requires some evidence (more than a hunch) but evidence is often vague or highly circumstantial

• Probable Cause

• Reasonable Suspicion

• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

• Corroboration

Police practice of searching an individual who they believe is acting suspiciously

• Arrest

• Detain

• Stop and Frisk

• Interrogate

The 4th amendment

• protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by government agents, including law enforcement

• protects individuals from any government searches or seizures of their property or person

• establishes the procedure known as the exculsionary rule

• provides an absolute right to privacy unless the government can prove a search is needed to protect human life from immediate and serious danger

The exclusionary rule

• prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence against a defendant trial

• means that any illegal searches or seizures by law enforcement result in an acquittal of the defendants convictions/charges in the case

• refers to the requirement that police must have a search warrant before searching/seizing property unless there is a serious emergency

• refers to the duty of the government to compensate any individuals who are/whose possessions are illegaly searched/seized by law enforcement

Each of the following are true about Search Warrants except that they

• are court orders by a judge based on evidence that shows a genuine need to search a person or place.

• are required to specifically describe the person or place to be searched and the things to be seized

• are written statements of facts sworn to or made under oath before someone authorized to administer an oath

• are required to search a person/place in most cases, with the exceptions for some circumstances like when consent is given or police are in hot pursuit

An affidavit is

• a court order by a judge based on evidence that shows a genuine need to search a person or place.

• a legal rule that generally prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence against the defendant at trial

• a written statement of facts sworn to or made under oath before someone authorized to administer an oath

• a term meaning "good faith" and is required for the issuance of a search warrant

Racial profiling

• is when officers use race as a factor in identifying people who may break or have broken the law. It is illegal

• refers to the illegal police practice of using common notions of what drug couriers look and act like to question a person

• refers to the legal police practice of using common notions of what drug couriers look and act like to question a person

• is when officers search a vehicle after establishing probable cause based on significant evidence.