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show respect individual rights; maintain public order  
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The only crime defined in the United States Constitution is:   show
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show Free Exercise Clause  
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show confidence in the police and prosecutors' judgments  
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Freedom from double jeopardy is guaranteed by the   show
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A "due process" clause is found in which amendments?   show
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The right to a speedy and public trial is part of which Amendment?   show
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Cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden by which Amendment?   show
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Which Amendment has been used to make many of the provisions of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states?   show
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show Right to a grand jury indictment.  
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show False  
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T or F. All ex post facto laws are retroactive.   show
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show False  
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show True  
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show True  
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Rules and regulations set forth by a government agency that is empowered through statutory law to make such rules are considered _________________.   show
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show Judicial  
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The Supreme Court of the 1960s made policing the police, as well as state courts, a distinctly federal concern. Today, we refer to this shift in policy as the ___________ of the 1960s.   show
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The power of the government to acquire private property is called ____________.   show
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___________ is violated if a practice or rule "offends some principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people as to be ranked as fundamental."   show
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The only document on the following list which is not based on probable cause is: (indictment, prsecutor's information, a true bill, a subpoena)   show
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show The prosecutor must have probable cause to believe the defendant committed the charged offense.  
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show to determine the existence of probable cause.  
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show requires that if police unconstitutionally seize evidence, it not be used in a criminal prosecution against the person whose rights were violated.  
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The exclusionary rule does not   show
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Police with probable cause to believe that a warehouse contains marijuana unlawfully enter the warehouse and observe marijuana. The officers leave and obtain a search warrant using their original probable cause, not their unlawful observations. Use?   show
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To invoke the exclusionary rule to challenge the admissibility of evidence, the defendant must have standing, therefore   show
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show whether the informant information is firsthand or secondhand  
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Which of the following concepts is so important that it has been referred to as the "touchstone" of the Fourth Amendment?   show
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Which of the following is the best characterization of the US Supreme Court's current view toward Aguilar-Spinelli two-prong criteria?   show
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T or F. In felony cases, the purpose of the initial appearance is to accept the defendant's plea.   show
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T or F. The US Supreme Court has not adopted a specific definition for the beyond a reasonable doubt standard.   show
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show True  
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show True  
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T or F. A criminal informant's credibility (veracity/truthfulness) must always be established by a statement of underlying facts or circumstances.   show
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show Brady Rule  
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A ___________ is issued to a person accused of a crime to compel attendance at a criminal proceeding to answer to charges.   show
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show meaningful inference  
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show collective knowledge  
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Third party information is often referred to as _________.   show
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show must not have anything to gain or lose in the outcome  
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show Facts  
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After knocking and announcing their presence and purpose and waiting for a few moments, officers executing a search warrant for stolen property hear no sound. The officers   show
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Officers about to execute a search warrant for narcotics in a dwelling   show
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Officers have a warrant authorizing search for narcotics allegedly being sold in a tavern. When they execute the warrant, there is a bartender and eighteen customers.   show
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show may seize the shotguns described on the warrant and the other firearms they recognize as stolen, but may not examine or seize the other firearms.  
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Which of the following is not a limitation that some courts impose on applications for search warrants for electronically stored information?   show
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show aural transfer  
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show Closed review  
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show probable cause  
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T or F. The number of hours a search lasted is a major factor used to determine the reasonableness of the duration of a search.   show
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show True  
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T or F. A search warrant commands that the officer bring any seized property before the judicial authority named in the warrant.   show
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show False  
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show False  
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A ______ is used to allow a criminal suspect to challenge the sufficiency of the information upon which an affidavit supporting a warrant is based.   show
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show Sneak and Steal  
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Even though the search warrant on its face is still valid, the executing officer must nevertheless determine if the probable cause __________ before beginning the search.   show
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show Affiant  
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show Aural Transfer  
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