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PRACTICE TEST: Investigative Detention - converted to flash cards
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06/05/2011

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Term
Investigative Detention is best described as?
Definition
Temporary restraint of a person's freedom to walk away from police when they are suspected of criminal activity
Term
Investigative detention would be classified as ___________ and a protective search would be classified as a ___________.
Definition
Seizure, Search
Term
The Constitutional standard for conducting investigative detention activities is?
Definition
Reasonable suspicion
Term
Name the most common type of vehicle stop that has been held unconstitutional under the 4th Amendment.
Definition
Roadblocks for drug searches
Term
Yes/No: If a vehicle is stopped due to suspicion of criminal activity and the suspect gives evasive or implausible answers it is justifiable to continue detention even if no evidence of criminal activity has been found.
Definition
No,not on the given facts alone. However, if other factors were to exist then continuing detention may be justified
Term
What is the legal principle derived from Michigan v. Long?
Definition
If while conducting a lawful frisk for weapons an officer inadvertently discovers other incriminating evidence the officer may seize the evidence as long as a showing can be made that the belief that a weapon was concealed on the detainee was justified
Term
What is the legal principle derived from Terry v. Ohio?
Definition
A stop and frisk of an outer garment of a suspect to check for concealed weapons is justifiable when the officer has specific articulable facts that warrant the suspicion of criminal conduct
Term
What is the legal principle derived from Florida v. Royer?
Definition
Moving a detained person should be avoided unless there is a very good reason to do so
Term
What is the legal principle derived from State v. Rodriquez?
Definition
In assessing whether an investigative detention is too long in duration to be justified as an investigative stop, it is appropriate to examine whether police diligently pursued an alternate means of investigation that would likely confirm or dispel suspicion quickly
Term
What is the legal principle derived from Dunaway v. New York?
Definition
Transporting a suspect to the police department for questioning will probably transform an investigative detention into a full custody arrest unless the suspect is advised that he/she is not under arrest and is free to go at any time
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