lecture 2

Question 1

Fourth Amendment

Answer 1

“the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause…”

Question 2

Stare Decisis

Answer 2

“To stand by that which have been decided”
Courts depend on previous decisions, rulings, and opinions from prior cases to provide predictability

Question 3

Vacated

Answer 3

the court has voided a lower court ruling

Question 4

Affirmed

Answer 4

the court of appeals has concluded that the lower court decision is correct and will stand as rendered by the lower court

Question 5

Remanded

Answer 5

sent back down to the lower court
- Removed - move a case to another jurisdiction (federal court)
Diversity - two parties are from a different state

Question 6

Common law

Answer 6

body of law based on court decisions rather than codes or statutes
Evolved in england

Question 7

Summary judgment

Answer 7

court decides no jury can come to any conclusion after what the judge decides

Question 8

Certiorari

Answer 8

the supreme court agreed to hear it
- This is a request that the Supreme Court order a lower court to send up the record of the case for review.

Question 9

Burden of proof

Answer 9

party seeking to prove a fact in court that must satisfy to have the fact legally established. (lies with the group that is bringing it )
In criminal case, the burden of proof is on the level of guilty or a reasonable doubt
In civil case, the burden of proof is on the level of the person filing the suit

Question 10

Federal

Answer 10

district courts (trial courts)
Divided into 94 districts (depending on population)
TN has 3 districts & 6 circuit courts
Combined and grouped into 13 circuit courts
Federal supreme court is not bound by the state supreme court unless it is constitutional

Question 11

State

Answer 11

bound by the supreme court
appellate courts
Supreme court of TN

Question 12

Tort

Answer 12

civil case that is brought when there is an injury

Question 13

Phoebus levene

Answer 13

identified that DNA consisted f nucleic acids linked by ribose sugar in the order of sugar- phosphate
assumed they were all equal but was wrong

Question 14

oswald Avery

Answer 14

discovers that DNA makes up genes and chromosomes

Question 15

DNA enters forensic world

Answer 15

seems found on dead body of Lynda Mann

Question 16

DNA fingerprints

Answer 16

first entered as evidence in court, Ghana immigration case; Sarah v. home office