Exam 4: Arrest, Interrogation, and Identification Procedures

Completion: -To be valid, a waiver of Miranda rights by a suspect must be __________________.

Completion: -The right of the police to ask questions designed to locate weapons that might be used to harm the police or other person before providing Miranda warnings has been recognized by the Supreme Court as a _____________ exception to Miranda v. Arizona.

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 decision in Hiibel v. Nevada, the request for an ID is:

Completion: -Before interrogating a suspect who is in custody, police must advise the suspect of the right to remain silent and the right to have __________ present during the questioning.

Completion: -The questioning of a suspect by law enforcement officers, either to elicit a confession, admissions, or information that otherwise assists them in solving a crime is known as _______.

An arrest by a private individual is termed a _____________.

In Whren v. United States (1996) the Supreme Court ruled that _________________.

Laws typically allow police officers to use force reasonably necessary to make an arrest.

An arrest is considered a "seizure" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.

As the 1995 O. J. Simpson murder trial demonstrates, defense lawyers can attack the methodology of ______________ as well as the qualifications of those administering them.

To establish probable cause to make an arrest, a police officer can consider _____________.