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WorksheetsLaw final
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Arrest
a requirement found in the Fourth Amendment that must usually be met before police make an arrest, conduct a search, or receive a warrant.
a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody.
the use of legal authority to detain a person of their freedom of movement.
when the police stops and ask you questions and pats you down
Arrest warrant
No warrant is required for Inventory search: a warrantless search of a lawfully impounded vehicle conducted by police.
that prevents evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights from being used in a court of law.
the police officers have the right to conduct a continuous pursuit beyond their own jurisdiction in order to apprehend a suspect.
a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody.
Probable cause
a requirement found in the Fourth Amendment that must usually be met before police make an arrest, conduct a search, or receive a warrant.
a rule of criminal procedure which allows an officer to seize evidence of a crime without a warrant when the evidence is clearly visible.
searches that are made by law enforcement agents based on consent of the person whose property they wish to search.
the police officers have the right to conduct a continuous pursuit beyond their own jurisdiction in order to apprehend a suspect.
Stop and Frisk
an exception to the general rule that warrant less searches violate the Fourth Amendment.
when the police stops and ask you questions and pats you down
searches that are made by law enforcement agents based on consent of the person whose property they wish to search.
the police officers have the right to conduct a continuous pursuit beyond their own jurisdiction in order to apprehend a suspect.
Exclusionary rule
that prevents evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights from being used in a court of law.
searches that are made by law enforcement agents based on consent of the person whose property they wish to search.
a warrantless search of a lawfully impounded vehicle conducted by police.
a rule of criminal procedure which allows an officer to seize evidence of a crime without a warrant when the evidence is clearly visible.
Plain sight or plain view
the use of legal authority to detain a person of their freedom of movement.
a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody.
a requirement found in the Fourth Amendment that must usually be met before police make an arrest, conduct a search, or receive a warrant.
a rule of criminal procedure which allows an officer to seize evidence of a crime without a warrant when the evidence is clearly visible.
Consent to search
that are made by law enforcement agents based on consent of the person whose property they wish to search.
an exception to the general rule that warrant less searches violate the Fourth Amendment.
a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody.
that prevents evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights from being used in a court of law.
A search incident to lawful arrest
that prevents evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights from being used in a court of law.
searches that are made by law enforcement agents based on consent of the person whose property they wish to search.
an exception to the general rule that warrant less searches violate the Fourth Amendment.
Inventory search
a warrantless search of a lawfully impounded vehicle conducted by police.
a requirement found in the Fourth Amendment that must usually be met before police make an arrest, conduct a search, or receive a warrant.
the use of legal authority to detain a person of their freedom of movement.
Hot or fresh pursuit
the police officers have the right to conduct a continuous pursuit beyond their own jurisdiction in order to apprehend a suspect.
when the police stops and ask you questions and pats you down
searches that are made by law enforcement agents based on consent of the person whose property they wish to search.
