Deck 20: Lineups and Other Pretrial Identification Procedures

Question 1

Which of the following methods is not used by the police in witness identification of suspects?

A) Showups
B) Lineups
C) Photographic identification
D) Person exposure

Answer 1

Person exposure

Question 2

In a ________, a victim or a witness to a crime is shown several possible suspects at the police station for identification.

A) Showup
B) Lineup
C) Photographic identification
D) Person exposure

Answer 2

Lineup

Question 3

In a ________, the police show photographs of possible suspects to the victim or witnesses.

A) Showup
B) Lineup
C) Photographic identification
D) Person exposure

Answer 3

Photographic identification

Question 4

In a ________, only one suspect is shown to the witness or victim. This usually takes place at the scene of the crime and immediately following the arrest of the suspect.

A) Showup
B) Lineup
C) Photographic identification
D) Person exposure

Question 5

In ________, the Supreme Court ruled that an accused that has been formally charged with a crime has the right to have a lawyer present during a police lineup.

A) United States v. Weeks
B) United States v. Wade
C) United States v. Crews
D) Whren v. United States

Question 6

A police lineup after the accused has been formally charged with a crime is considered:

A) Unconstitutional
B) A critical stage of the proceedings
C) Testimonial evidence
D) Hearsay evidence

Question 7

Lineups that practically identify the suspect for the witness violate a suspect's constitutional right ________.

A) To due process
B) To counsel
C) Against unreasonable searches and seizures
D) Against self-incrimination

Question 8

Which of the following factors is not used to test the reliability of a suspect's identification?

A) The opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime
B) The witness' degree of attention and the accuracy of any prior description of the suspect
C) The amount of evidence obtained by the police
D) The length of time between the crime and the identification procedure

Question 9

Which of the following court cases introduced the doctrine of "independent untainted source"?

A) Carroll v. United States
B) United States v. Wade
C) Foster v. California
D) United States v. Crews

Question 10

The doctrine of "independent untainted source" establishes that the police may use evidence related to an illegal search as long as:

A) It is not connected to the illegality
B) It is not incriminating
C) The police acted with good faith
D) The police can prove that the evidence would have been inevitably discovered

Question 11

There is a right to counsel at police lineups or identification procedures even if the suspect has not been formally charged with a crime.

Question 12

Pre-indictment lineup is considered a "critical stage of the proceedings."

Question 13

Appearance before a grand jury is a duty.

Question 14

When testing the reliability of an identification testimony, environmental factors, such as daylight, should be taken into consideration.

Question 15

The doctrine of "independent untainted source" is an exception to the exclusionary rule.