Legal Principles Quiz

Select the appropriate choice for the statement given below. The exclusionary rule is designed to limit __________ to reasonable searches.

• prosecutor

• police

• defendant

• jury

• judge

Statements made by a defendant in custody before he or she has been given the Miranda warning are admissible at trial if the defendant repeats them after police give the warnings.

• are admissible at trial if the defendant repeats them after police give the warnings.

• are admissible at trial if the defendant’s statement can be corroborated by other evidence.

• make the arrest invalid.

• are admissible if the state can prove the defendant had a prior arrest record and therefore did not need the warnings.

Evidence that was illegally obtained cannot be used against a defendant at trial to prove the defendant guilty.

• True

• False

A law enforcement officer needs only reasonable suspicion to stop and question a person on the street.

• True

• False

The ________ brings the charges against the defendant.

• judge

• jury

• police

• defendant

• prosecutor

The prosecutor brings the charges against the ________.

• judge

• jury

• police

• defendant

• prosecutor

Most police work involves deadly force.

• True

• False

The right to privacy is stated in the U.S. Constitution.

• True

• False

Police may order all passengers out of a car when making a lawful traffic stop.

• True

• False

All arrests must be made with an arrest warrant.

• True

• False