LAW Ch 12

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Across
  1. 4. - any items that are illegal to possess.
  2. 6. _______________ Amendment no unreasonable searches or seizures
  3. 7. ___________ amendment protections of due process, self incrimination, and double jeopardy
  4. 9. - to question a witness or suspected criminal.
  5. 11. - giving evidence and answering questions that would tend to subject one to criminal prosecution.
  6. 13. -A search that is part of, or incident to, a lawful arrest is considered reasonable. This allows the police to search a lawfully arrested person AND the area immediately around that person for hidden weapons or for evidence that might be destroyed.
  7. 14. using commonly held notions of what typical drug couriers look and act like in order to be able to question a person without establishing individualized suspicion.
  8. 16. -a police officer who reasonably thinks a person is behaving suspiciously and is likely to be armed may stop and frisk, “pat down” the outer clothing of someone the police believe is acting suspiciously and have weapons. This protects the safety of officers and bystanders who might be injured by a person carrying a concealed weapon. TERRY v. OHIO. This is referred to by the police as a “Terry search.”
  9. 17. _______________ situations - police are not required to get a warrant if they are searching a building after a telephone bomb threat, entering a house after smelling smoke or hearing screams, if there is destruction of evidence, escape of a suspect or harm to police or other individuals inside or outside the building/house.
  10. 20. to confirm information
  11. 21. a reasonable belief, known personally or through reliable sources, that a specific person has committed a crime.
  12. 22. a COURT order issued by a judge or magistrate, giving police the power to search a person or to enter a building to search for and seize items related to a crime.
  13. 23. _________ searches - a police officer who has probable cause to believe that a vehicle contains contraband may conduct a search of the entire vehicle, as well as any containers in the vehicle that might contain contraband, without a warrant.
Down
  1. 1. - a written statement of facts sworn to or made under oath before someone authorized to administer an oath;
  2. 2. - questioning by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his or her freedom.
  3. 3. a legal rule that generally prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence against the defendant at TRIAL. Generally applies to violations of a defendant’s FOURTH, FIFTH or SIXTH Amendments.
  4. 5. evidence that justifies an officer in stopping questioning an individual believed in criminal activity; based on less evidence than probable cause but more than a mere hunch.
  5. 8. a Latin term meaning “in good faith.” (1) characterized by good faith and lack of fraud or deceit. (2) valid under or in compliance with the law.
  6. 10. a court-ordered document authorizing the police to arrest an individual on a specific charge.
  7. 12. Border and airport ___________ - Customs agents are authorized to search without warrants and without probable cause ALL of the belongings of a person entering the country. body searches are alloWed ONLY where there is a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
  8. 15. the inappropriate use of race as a factor in identifying people who may break or who may have broken the law.
  9. 18. to take a person suspected of a crime into custody.
  10. 19. - written, spoken or assumed agreement to something. When a person voluntarily agrees, the police may conduct a search without a warrant and without probable cause.