Legal Issues in Policing

Question 1

Terry V. Ohio (1968)

Answer 1

patted down Terry for being sus, found gun. ruled legal for officer to stop a person if they have RS

Question 1

Reasonable Suspicion vs Probable Cause

Answer 1

RS is lesser standard, PC theres avtual evidence. Need PC to make arrest/get warrant

Question 2

Stop and Frisk is also called

Answer 2

Terry Stop

Question 3

Difference between frisk outside of clothes and….

Answer 3

investigatory stop

Question 4

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Answer 4

went in Mapps home and arrested her for gun/porn which is not what they went there for

Question 5

What is the exclusionary rule? (Mapp v. Ohio)

Answer 5

evidence obtained in violation of 4th Amendment is not admissible of criminal prosecution

Question 6

What is “fruit of poisonous tree” doctrine?

Answer 6

evidence seized improperly must be excluded AS WELL AS any additional evidence seized after that point

Question 7

Illinois v Wardlow (2000)

Answer 7

a persons sudden & unprovoked flight from police in a high crime area is sus enough to justify a stop