Chapter 6

Question 1

Tennessee v. Garner

Answer 1

Deadly force may not be used against an unarmed and fleeing suspect unless necessary to prevent the escape and unless the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious injury to the officers or others.

Question 2

search

Answer 2

Government officials’ examination of and hunt for evidence on a person or in a place in a manner that intrudes on reasonable expectations of privacy

Question 3

reasonable expectation of proivacy

Answer 3

the objective standard developed by courts for determining whether a government intrusion into an individuals interests is a search

Question 4

plain view doctrine

Answer 4

officers may examine and use as evidence, without a warrant, contraband or evidence that is in open view at a location where they are legally permitted to be.

Question 5

seizures

Answer 5

situations in which police officers use their authority to deprive people of their liberty or property and which must not be “unreasonable” according to the Fourth Amendment.

Question 6

stop

Answer 6

government officials’ interference with an individuals freedom of movement for a duration that typically lasts less than one hour

Question 7

reasonable suspicion

Answer 7

A police officers suspicion based on articulateable fact that somebody is committing a crime.

Question 8

probable cause

Answer 8

an amount of reliable information indicating it is more likely than not that evidence will be found a specific place or a specific person is guilty of a crime.

Question 9

affidaivit

Answer 9

written statement of fact, supported by oath or affirmation, submitted to judicial officers to fulfill the requirements of probable cause for obtaining a warrant

Question 10

totality of circumstances

Answer 10

flexible test established by the supreme court for identifying whether probable cause exists to justify a judge’s issuance of a warrant.

Question 11

Terry v Ohio

Answer 11

upheld officers’ ability to stop and frisk

Question 12

chimel v California

Answer 12

supreme court decision that endorsed warrant-less searches for weapons and evidence in the immediate vicinity of people who are lawfully arrested

Question 13

US v Drayton

Answer 13

Legal decision declaring that police officers are not required to inform people of their right to decline to be searched