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Exam Review: US Constitutional Amendments and Criminal Procedure, Exams of Law

A concise overview of key us constitutional amendments related to individual rights and criminal procedure. It covers the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 8th amendments, explaining their significance in protecting citizens' freedoms. The document also outlines essential legal concepts like civil liability, jurisdiction, reasonable suspicion, probable cause, and search and seizure procedures. It's a valuable resource for students studying criminal justice, law, or political science.

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2024/2025

Available from 03/18/2025

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1st Amendment - ✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - ✔✔Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
5th Amendment - ✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
8th Amendment - ✔✔No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability - ✔✔Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-imposed sanction in a
lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional rights).
Jurisdiction - ✔✔The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest or serve (provided that
they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
Reasonable Suspicion - ✔✔Specific articulable facts which, when taken together, would convince a
reasonable person to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause - ✔✔Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable person to believe that:
A) A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
B) A specific item subject to seizure will be found
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1st Amendment - ✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

4th Amendment - ✔✔Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government

5th Amendment - ✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process

8th Amendment - ✔✔No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment

Civil Liability - ✔✔Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-imposed sanction in a lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional rights).

Jurisdiction - ✔✔The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest or serve (provided that they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).

Reasonable Suspicion - ✔✔Specific articulable facts which, when taken together, would convince a reasonable person to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.

Probable Cause - ✔✔Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable person to believe that:

A) A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.

B) A specific item subject to seizure will be found

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Seizure - ✔✔When police take possession of property, make an arrest, or restrict a persons ability to move freely.

Search - ✔✔The physical invasion or intrusions of privacy by police on people, homes or personal property to obtain information or gather evidence.

Frisk - ✔✔A warrantless and limited search of a persons outer garments and area of control by police to discover weapons.

Arrest Warrant Requirements - ✔✔1. Name of person to be arrested

  1. The crime allegedly committed by person named
  2. A command that the person named in the warrant be brought before the court
  3. Signature of the official issuing the warrant.

Arrest without a warrant - ✔✔A) for a felony in the officer's presence or with probable cause

B) A crime committed in the officer's presence that amounts to a breach of the peace.

C) Certain misdemeanors committed in the past when arrest is authorized by statute.

D) Certain misdemeanors committed in an officer's presence

Search incident to arrest - ✔✔A search of a person and their area of control after arrest looking for fruits, instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have been arrested.

Physical Evidence - ✔✔Tangible items/object that may be direct or circumstantial evidence

Testimonial Evidence - ✔✔Includes statements made by, victims, witnesses, suspects and police.

Circumstantial Evidence - ✔✔Evidence that relies on an inference to connect to a conclusion of fact.

Exculpatory Evidence - ✔✔Evidence or statement that tend to clear, justify or excuse a defendant from fault.

Relevant Evidence - ✔✔Evidence tending to make a fact a more or less probable than it would be without the evidence.

Reliable Evidence - ✔✔Evidence that has not been tampered with and is in substantially the same condition as originally seized by police when presented to the court.