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Can I please get answers and detailed explanations for the following questions? 1. Briefly review the exclusionary rule and the exceptions, define it and give

Can I please get answers and detailed explanations for the following questions?

1. Briefly review the exclusionary rule and the exceptions, define it and give one exception. 2. Describe the difference between a justification and excuse defense? 3. Describe the difference between real evidence and testimonial evidence? 4. Explain the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine and give an example of when evidence would be fruit of the poisonous tree? 4. Three college students who attend a public university share an apartment in Collegetown, USA. Police have heard that three members of the local college's varsity swim team live there and have all recently failed university-administered drug tests. 5. Police show up at the apartment hoping they can acquire to consent to enter. As they approach the apartment, police see that the landlord is standing outside the door. Police ask the landlord to let them in. The landlord, who is a lawyer, refuses. Irritated, police instead knock on the door. One resident of the apartment is there and allows police to enter. In a common area, police find drug paraphernalia and a small amount of cocaine. They seize this evidence. Just then, a second resident of the home enters and tells police to leave immediately. They do leave, but take the evidence with them. If charged, will the students who live in the home have a valid basis to suppress the evidence the police took from the home and why or why not? 6. On the basis of drug paraphernalia found by garbage collectors in a garbage container placed curbside for pick up by the municipal refuse department, the police obtained a warrant to search the house that yielded the garbage. Would the owners who occupy the house have a valid basis to suppress the evidence seized by the police from their garbage container and why or why not? 7. Ling is a suspect in an embezzlement investigation. The police believe that she has hidden evidence in her neighbor's house, without the neighbor's consent. The neighbor will not consent to a search. Can the police obtain a search warrant for the non-suspect's home? 8. Police Officer Brown observes Cassandra steal a cell phone from a man's pocket. As Brown approaches Cassandra, she darts off. He draws his baton and throws it at her feet, intending to stop her. Brown's aim is bad and he hits her in the head. She is dazed and bleeding but escapes. She suffers a concussion and nearly dies in the hospital two days later. Cassandra sues Brown, alleging that he used excessive force under the Fourth Amendment. Brown moves to dismiss her lawsuit on the theory that the Fourth Amendment doesn't apply because she wasn't seized. Should Brown's motion be dismissed or granted? Explain your answer. 9. A police officer is approached by a man on the street who tells the officer that he was just robbed. The man points out the robber, who is standing in a park just across the street. Must the officer obtain a warrant to make the arrest?

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