Introduction

Question 1

4th Amendment

Answer 1

right for people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search an seizure

Question 2

5th Amendment

Answer 2

self-incrimination clause/due process clause

Question 3

6th Amendment

Answer 3

in criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury… and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.”

Question 4

Actors in the system

Answer 4

government, defendants, polices, judges, defense counsel, public defenders, etc.

Question 5

Incorporation

Answer 5

Bill of Rights does extend to the states and each right is selectively incorporated on a case-by-case basis

Question 6

Brown v. Mississippi

Answer 6

first SCOTUS involvement in criminal procedure

States can regulate criminal procedure, but it has to follow the fundamental rights laid out in the constitution

Torture chamber is not the witness stand

Question 7

Powell v. Alabama

Answer 7

In a capital case, where the defendants cannot employ counsel or make his own defense, the law requires the state to provide adequate, prepared counsel