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Landmark Cases

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Supreme Court ruling applied the principles developed in Weeks v. U.S. to trials in state courts?

a)

Illinois v. Gates.

b)

Horton v. California.

c)

Mapp v. Ohio.

d)

U.S. v. Leon.

2.

Which of the following cases is not concerned or involved issues with the exclusionary rule?

a)

Weeks v. U.S.

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Mapp v. Ohio.

d)

Terry v. Ohio

3.

Which U.S. Supreme Court case made the exclusionary rule applicable to seizures done by federal officers?

a)

Powell v. Alabama.

b)

Johnson v. Avery.

c)

Chimel v. California.

d)

Weeks v. U.S.

4.

This rule requires that incriminating evidence be seized by police according to the Constitutional specifications of the due process or it will not be allowed as evidence in court.

a)

Procedural rule

b)

Exclusionary rule

c)

Seizure rule

d)

Due process rule

5.

Unreasonable searches & seizures are prohibited by the:

a)

Equality statute

b)

Protection clause

c)

Fifth Amendment

d)

Fourth Amendment

6.

Which U.S. Supreme Court case was responsible for the creation of the exclusionary rule?

a)

Weeks v. U.S.

b)

Chimel v. California

c)

Johnson v. Avery

d)

Powell v. Alabama

7.

The extent of a Terry “pat down” search is limited by what constitutional amendment?

a)

First

b)

Fifth

c)

Fourth

d)

Eighth

8.

Because of Chimel v. California police can search an arrested person without a warrant for the following reason(s):

a)

to protect themselves

b)

to prevent destruction of evidence

c)

to keep a defendant from escaping

d)

all of these are correct

9.

Which court case ruled that a “stop & frisk” search is constitutional?

a)

Terry v. Ohio

b)

Chimel v. California

c)

Tennessee v. Garner

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

10.

The outcome of this case was the creation of a "reasonableness test" when examining an officers actions.

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Tennessee v. Garner

d)

Graham v. Conner

11.

The Court held that police officers arresting a person at home could not search the entire home without a search warrant, but police may search the area within immediate reach of the person in which case?

a)

Weeks v. U.S.

b)

Graham v. Conner

c)

Terry v. Ohio

d)

Chimel v. California

12.

In which decision, did the Court rule that apprehension by the use of deadly force is a seizure subject to the reasonableness requirement of the fourth amendment, and that its use to prevent the escape of all felony suspects was constitutionally impermissible?

a)

Tennessee v. Garner

b)

Terry v. Ohio

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Graham v. Conner

13.

What famous 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided the advisement of rights to criminal suspects prior to police questioning?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Chimel v. California

c)

Tennessee v. Garner.

d)

Nix v. Williams

14.

What is a precedent-setting court decision that produces substantial changes in both understanding of the requirements of due process and in the practical day to day operations of the justice system called?

a)

Miranda Warnings

b)

Landmark cases

c)

Exclusionary rule

d)

Stop & Frisk

15.

Which amendment applies to the "interrogation" of a suspect and was a main factor in Miranda v. Arizona?

a)

2nd amendment

b)

4th amendment

c)

8th amendment

d)

5th amendment

16.

The Supreme Court applied the exclusionary rule to the states in 1961 in the case of Mapp v. Ohio.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A Miranda warning would include “You have a right to bail.”

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A “stop & frisk” search consists of an extensive full body search.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The case of Tennessee v. Garner involved a fleeing felon and the use of deadly force.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

A “stop & frisk” search is also called a “Terry pat down”.

a)

True

b)

False