Exam 9: Questioning Suspects

Individuals have a right to an attorney only if they can afford to pay for one.

If an officer tells any lie or deceives an offender in any way and that offender confesses, the confession is automatically inadmissible in court.

The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine is related to the Fourth Amendment and the exclusionary rule.

The case of ______________ applied the right to counsel to all felony cases.

A confession must be free and voluntary before it is admissible in court.

The Sixth Amendment guarantees both the right to a speedy trial and the right to counsel.

If an offender asks for an attorney, when must the police stop questioning and provide an attorney?

There are no constitutional limitations on the use of "cellmate informants."

In order for the Miranda doctrine to take effect, a suspect must be ______________.

An officer informs an offender that the offender's accomplice has given information that makes the offender look guilty. The offender confesses. However, the officer lied, and the accomplice never gave the above information. The confession is admissible in court.

An officer applies a pressure point hold to an offender until the offender confesses. The confession is admissible in court.

The Supreme Court applied the right to counsel to all felony trials in the case of Powell v. Alabama.

Police are questioning a suspect. The suspect states, "I want an attorney." The police continue to question the suspect before procuring the suspect an attorney. The questioning is unconstitutional.

The case of __________________ changed the procedures for questioning suspects.

An officer can use coercion to get a confession when the:

A suspect receives the Miranda warnings but confesses anyway. That suspect has instituted a ____________.

The Miranda warnings include the _______________.

A suspect confesses. The confession was illegal. The suspect then confesses again. The second confession will most likely be illegal also.

An officer unlawfully searches an individual's residence. The officer finds an illegal handgun. The officer reads the individual the Miranda warnings, and the individual then confesses that he is the owner of the handgun and that he used it in a robbery. This confession will be inadmissible based upon the _______________ doctrine.

An offender gives a voluntary confession to a private citizen. This confession is ______________.