FINAL EXAM: CJS

1. Describe a search incident to a pretext arrest and explain its significance.

2a. Why are inventory searches reasonable without warrants or probable cause?

2b. Identify the special needs satisfied by inventory searches

2c. What substitutes for probable cause are available as the objective basis for inventory searches?

3. Why don't searches of probationers and parolees require warrants or probable cause to be reasonable?

4. Identify the three provisions in the U.S. Constitution that govern police interrogations and confessions.

5a. State the reasons for the bright-line rule regarding warnings to suspects adopted in Miranda v. Arizona.

5b. Identify two circumstances that must be present before officers are required to give the Mirandawarnings.

5c. List three types of questioning when officers do NOT have to give the Mirandawarnings.

6a. Identify the two steps in the totality of circumstances due process test of admissibility of eyewitness identification created by the U.S. Supreme Court.

6b. Identify and describe the five (5) circumstances in the totality of circumstances due process test(s) you identified.

7. Identify and explain the rationales behind the three justifications for the exclusionary rule.

8. List and explain the five (5) exceptions to the exclusionary rule.

9. Identify the two elements of qualified immunity defense, and explain why the test is so easy for officers to pass.

10. Can you sue a judge or prosecutor for damages resulting from actions performed in theirofficial capacities? Explain.