ILJ: Basic Constitutional Law

Which of the following would REQUIRE probable cause to be a legal search:

• A. A search of a student by an administrator in a public school

• B. A security search at an airport

• C. A pat down of a suspect to check for weapons

• D. When the driver/owner of a car allows a search of their vehicle

• E. The search of a suspicious house

Which of the following would REQUIRE a search warrant for the evidence to be useable in court:

• Drugs found during a search pursuant to a lawful arrest for DUI

• Drugs clearly seen from outside the vehicle as the officer approached the vehicle

• Drugs found after chasing an armed suspect into a house on a table in the room where the suspect was stopped

• Drugs found under a bed in an upstairs bedroom of a suspicious house

• Drugs found in a house where a fire had occurred by an officer checking to see if anyone was inside

Which of the following is false about Grand Juries:

• They are used in Georgia

• They can choose not to prosecute someone

• They are used in every state

• They are usually 23 people

• They choose which cases will be prosecuted

The Miranda v. Arizona decision requires investigators to advise suspects of their rights when:

• The suspect is being asked questions

• The suspect is arrested

• The suspect is held in custody

• There is custody and questioning

• The person becomes a suspect

In the fifth amendment, the due process clause provides for which of the following:

• Speedy trial

• Innocent until proven guilty

• Right to cable TV

• Prisoner access to medical care

• Articulable suspicion

What amendment is the origin of state's policing powers?

• 1st

• 3rd

• 10th

• 5th

• 25th

When legally found evidence is not allowed to be used in court because the source of that evidence was NOT legal it is called:

• Expulsary right

• Tainted fruit

• Self-incrimination

• Due process

• Double jeopardy

What did Georgia do prior to Gregg vs. Georgia that overturned Furman vs. Georgia?

• Made officers read Miranda Cards

• Regulated warrants

• Made all capital trials two phased: one for guilt and one for sentencing

• Regulated the jails to provide medical care for all prisoners including dental work

• Banned consent searches on most vehicle searches

Officers do NOT have to knock and announce if there is/are:

• Exigent circumstances

• Bad weather

• Multiple warrants

• Multiple suspects

• Fritos and bean dip

The first priority in any traffic stop or any other operation is:

• Evidence seizure

• The constitutional rights

• Officer safety

• Where the nearest doughnut shop is located

• Proper procedure