CHAPTER 8

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Across
  1. 2. The evidentiary criterion necessary to sustain an arrest or the issuance of an arrest or search warrant; a set of facts, information, circumstances, or conditions that would lead a reasonable person to believe that an offense was committed and that the accused committed that offense.
  2. 3. Written court order authorizing and directing that an individual be taken into custody to answer criminal charges
  3. 5. The requirement that a search warrant state precisely where the search is to take place and what items are to be seized.
  4. 8. The legal term, contained in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that refers to the searching for and carrying away of evidence by police during a criminal investigation.
  5. 11. The situation in which police officers who are suspicious of an individual run their hands lightly over the suspectUs outer garments to determine if the person is carrying a concealed weapon; also called a threshold inquiry or pat-down.
  6. 12. The principle that evidence may be used in a criminal trial even though the search warrant used to obtain it was technically faulty, so long as the police acted in good faith when they sought the warrant from a judge.
  7. 13. Taking a person into legal custody for the purpose of restraining the accused until he or she can be held accountable for the offense at court proceedings
  8. 14. Police investigation technique in which officers board a bus or train without suspicion of illegal activity and question passengers, asking for identification and seeking permission to search their baggage.
Down
  1. 1. Testimony that is not firsthand but relates information told by a second party.
  2. 4. Grounds or fields attached to a house.
  3. 5. Evidence that is in plain view of police officers may be seized without a search warrant.
  4. 6. Placing a suspect in a group for the purpose of being viewed and identified by a witness.
  5. 7. An order, issued by a judge, directing officers to conduct a search of specified premises for specified objects or persons and to bring them before the court.
  6. 9. The principle that prohibits using illegally obtained evidence in a trial.
  7. 10. Requirement, under the Fourth Amendment, for a search and seizure; there must be probable cause to believe that the item being searched for was involved in criminal activity and is located at the place to be searched.