Case Law Assignment

Create a new document, number 1–25, then answer with the letter that corresponds to the correct case (do not retype each “definition,” or the instructions; failure to follow directions will result in a withd).

Match the appropriate case to the following descriptions:

____1. Established the good–faith exception to the exclusionary rule.

____2. Articulated the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.

____3. Objects falling in plain view of an officer who has a right to be in the position to have that view are subject to seizure and may be introduced in evidence.

____4. Established the requirement of a law enforcement officer to advise a suspect of his/her rights.

____5. First recognized the need for emergency searches.

____6. Made the exclusionary rule applicable to states.

____7. A search incident to arrest is invalid when it goes beyond the person arrested and the area subject to that person’s “immediate control.”

____8. Created the computer errors exception to the exclusionary rule.

____9. Physical evidence obtained from un–Mirandized statements, as long as those statements were not coerced/forced, will be admissible.

____10. Prevented law enforcement agents from using physically coercive interrogation techniques to elicit confessions.

____11. The use of a drug sniffing dog during a routine and lawful traffic stop is permissible and may not even be a search within the meaning of the 4th Amendment.

____12. Established a suspect’s right to have legal counsel present during police interrogation.

____13. The use of a device not in general public use to explore details of a private home is a violation of the 4th Amendment.

____14. Evidence will not be excluded if officers do not follow “knock and announce” requirement.

____15. Created the public safety exception to Miranda.

____16. Set forth the “free to leave test” in determining whether a person has been arrested.

____17. Established the “fleeting targets exception” to the exclusionary rule permitting law enforcement officers to search a motor vehicle when they have probable cause but no warrant.

____18. The Court ruled police officers may not enter a home to conduct a warrantless search if one resident gives permission but the other refuses.

____19. Established the stop–and–frisk exception to the exclusionary rule.

____ 20. Created the “inevitable discovery” exception to Miranda requirements.

____ 21. Established the exclusionary rule in federal cases.

____ 22. The wording of the Miranda rights is not set in stone as long as the warnings are reasonable to convey to a suspect his rights as required.

____23. Established a two–prong test to the effect that informant information could establish probable cause if both criteria were met.

____24. Recognized the need for emergency searches of persons and permitted evidence recovered as a result of that search could be used against the defendant.

____25. Allows a warrantless search of an automobile or other vehicle if based on probable cause that contraband is present.