Exam 4: Arrest, Interrogation, and Identification Procedures

Completion: -In _______________ (1966), the Supreme Court required police to advise suspects in custody of their rights to remain silent and to have counsel present during questioning.

Completion: -The application of scientific principles to legal issues is referred to as ___________ methods.

Billy is in an interrogation room at a police station. He was brought there after being arrested on suspicion of DUI. He was not read his Miranda rights on the side of the road when he was taken into custody and was not read his Miranda rights upon arriving at the station either. The detective who enters the interrogation room is unaware of this information and begins questioning Billy about his whereabouts that evening. Billy mentions that he was at a bar called "The Floating Walrus." This piques the detectives interest, because a woman last seen at that bar has been reported missing. When the detective mentions her name, Billy breaks down crying and asks for forgiveness. Billy then says her body is in a wooded area about 250 feet behind the bar. The detective leaves the station, heads to that area, and finds the woman's body; she is dead from a gunshot wound. A gun registered to Billy is lying next to her. -Based on the Supreme Court's decision in _____________, if other officers had already made plans to send a search party into the woods first thing in the morning, then police might be able to invoke the inevitable discovery doctrine in order to use the evidence found on and around the body at trial.

In __________________ (1964) the Supreme Court recognized the right of suspects to have counsel present during interrogation.

Completion: -At common law, a private individual could make a ____________ arrest without a warrant for a felony or breach of the peace committed in that person's presence.

Police who have probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a felony or who observes someone committing a misdemeanor can make a warrantless arrest.

Completion: -Because an arrest is a "seizure" it is subject to the _________Amendment prohibition of "unreasonable searches and seizures."

To conduct a "stop-and-frisk," police must have _______ that criminal activity is afoot.

Completion: -_____________ involves police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity or national origin rather than the behavior of an individual.

In Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the Supreme Court held that police must advise suspects of their right to _________ before subjecting them to custodial interrogation.

A police officer must always first obtain a warrant before making a felony arrest.

In developing "drug courier profiles," police have included ____________ as being typical of drug smugglers.

The purpose of a "frisk" is to allow police to make a limited pat-down search for _________.

In 1897 the Supreme Court held that to force a suspect to confess violates the Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment

On a hot summer day, an off-duty detective is having lunch in an Italian bistro in Las Vegas. He looks out the window of the restaurant and sees a man in long sleeved clothing walking back and forth in front of a bank across the street. The man appears to be constantly peering inside the bank's window and is checking his watch regularly. The officer decides to investigate. He walks across the street and confronts the man, asking him to explain what he is doing and to show ID. Unsatisfied with the man's evasive answers, the officer asks the suspect to raise his arms to the side and pats the man down. After feeling what he thinks is a gun, the officer reaches in the man's coat pocket. There, the officer finds a 9mm handgun and a small bag of cocaine. -Based on the Supreme Court's decisions in Terry v. Ohio and Minnesota v. Dickerson, which piece or pieces of evidence do you think will be admissible at trial?

On a hot summer day, an off-duty detective is having lunch in an Italian bistro in Las Vegas. He looks out the window of the restaurant and sees a man in long sleeved clothing walking back and forth in front of a bank across the street. The man appears to be constantly peering inside the bank's window and is checking his watch regularly. The officer decides to investigate. He walks across the street and confronts the man, asking him to explain what he is doing and to show ID. Unsatisfied with the man's evasive answers, the officer asks the suspect to raise his arms to the side and pats the man down. After feeling what he thinks is a gun, the officer reaches in the man's coat pocket. There, the officer finds a 9mm handgun and a small bag of cocaine. -The officer's initial pat down needs to be supported by:

Completion: -In _________________________ (1985), the U.S. Supreme Court effectively narrowed the discretion of police officers to use deadly force in making arrests.

The use of tricks or factual misstatements by police in an effort to induce a defendant to confess automatically invalidates a confession.

Completion: -Federal and state courts have routinely applied the stop-and-frisk doctrine to stops of _______ as well as to detentions of individuals.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the motive of an officer for stopping a vehicle for a traffic violation is irrelevant as long as there is an objective basis for the stop.