Exam 5: The Exclusionary Rule and the Fourth Amendment

Match up the court case to the significant outcome : -Brown v. Illinois

On pages 159 through 161 in the blue box labeled "Case Law" are a number of important cases that are summarized. Pick one case and use outside sources to further explain the circumstances surrounding this case and provide a more detailed explanation of the decision and outcome of this case. Conclude with your rationale as to why this case is important and any further or future implications this case may have.

The Supreme Court applied the Fourth Amendment to the states via the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in the 1949 case Wolf v. Colorado; it required the implementation of the exclusionary rule.

Discuss the fundamentals of the Silver platter doctrine and the "fruits of the poisonous tree."

In the United States v. Pervaz, the Court evaluated the admissibility of information gathered by a cellular telephone company after being alerted by authorities that they were being victimized.

What Court case considered the introduction of evidence obtained after a search of a suspect's car was undertaken based on erroneous information within a computer database?

The three-prong test for evaluation of attenuation was established in Brown v. Illinois. Factors considered include which of the following?

The distinction between curtilage and open fields is not necessarily an easy one. The courts have delineated which of the following factors which may be considered:

Which Court case introduced the "inevitability of discovery" exception to the exclusionary rule. It provided for the introduction of illegally obtained evidence if it could be demonstrated that the discovery of such evidence was inevitable?

____________ discovery evidence may be admissible if the state can demonstrate that the evidence would have been discovered without the illegal act.

The ideology, known as the open fields doctrine, was first enunciated in the case of:

The ________________ evidence rule is applicable in a variety of situations, including, but not limited to, the suppression of evidence in the following areas: additional evidence that would not have been discovered; witnesses who might have remained unknown; and, confessions or admissions made under the presentment of illegally obtained evidence.

A variety of exceptions to the exclusionary rule have been enacted since its inception. The first of these was actually considered in Wong Sun and was direct result of what doctrine?

The Court has consistently ruled that information or evidence gathered by the police who are acting in good faith on a warrant later found to be defective may not be introduced at trial.

Match up the court case to the significant outcome : -United States v. Janis

Match up the court case to the significant outcome : -Nix v. Williams

Prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures applies only to government agents and officials. Discuss key concepts surrounding private searches, private persons, and third-party origination.

Match up the court case to the significant outcome : -Weeks v. United States

The exclusionary rule is a legal principle in which the introduction of criminal evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the Constitution is permitted.

The Fourth Amendment's right of privacy has been declared enforceable against the States through the Due Process Clause of what Amendment?