WorksheetsForensics and the law: Landmark cases & Legal concepts
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which court case was the first chronologically?
This case started the modern evidence admissibility rules.
Frye v. United States
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
Miranda v. Arizona
Maryland v. King
Who determines evidence admissibility under the Frye Standard?
Scientific community
Judge
Lawyers
Expert witnesses
Who determines evidence admissibility under the Daubert Standard?
Scientific community
Judge
Lawyers
Expert witnesses
Today in federal court does the Daubert Standard apply to technical evidence?
Yes
No
Which standard works better for older, more established scientific methods?
Frye Standard
Daubert Standard
Modified Daubert Standard
Miranda Standard
Barefoot v . Estelle ruled that a psychiatrist is allowed to determine ________.
A person's future dangerousness
How dangerous a person was during the crime
A person's mental illnesses
If diminished capacity can be used
Maryland v. King brought into question if DNA swabs were a unfair search and seizure.
Which amendment does this pertain to?
4th
5th
6th
7th
Miranda v. Arizona showed that Miranda was not aware of his right against self incrimination.
What amendment did this pertain to?
4th
5th
6th
7th
Which legal concept allows police to search a building if it is on fire?
Plain-view search
Exigent circumstances
Abandoned property
Exclusionary rule
What legal concept are police trying to use when they ask to search your backpack?
Plain-view search
Exclusionary rule
Search by consent
Probable cause
What legal concept acts to throw out all evidence that is based on an illegal search and seizure as it is deemed 'tainted'?
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
Probable cause
Reasonable expectation of privacy
Search by consent
Which of legal concept allows police to search through your trash once you place it on the curb to the street?
Plain-view search
Reasonable expectation of privacy
Exigent circumstances
Probable cause
What legal concept allows the police to look through the windows of your car without going into your car?
Plain-view search
Exclusionary rule
Abandoned property
Search by consent
Which of the following search and seizures require a search warrant?
Search by consent
Probable cause
Abandoned property
None of these require a search warrant
What happens to evidence that is collected without a search warrant and does not meet any of the legal concepts we discussed in class?
It must be validated by the judge
It must be validated by the scientific community
It is thrown out
It can still be used, as is.
