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SSC Ch.7
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Criminal Justice
10th Grade
10/03/2011

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Stop and Frisk

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Definition
Frisking (also called a patdown or pat down) is a search of a person's outer clothing wherein a police officer or other law enforcement agent runs his or her hands along the outer garments to detect any concealed weapons
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Warrant

Definition
document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.
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Search

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to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost
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Seizure

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Definition
a taking possession of an item, property, or person legally or by force
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4th Amendment

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Definition
Marinda rights
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Probable Cause

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Definition
"a reasonable belief that a person has committed a crime
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Exclusionary Rule

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Definition
A law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.  
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Double Jeopardy

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is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same, or similar charges
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Criminal Law

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 A system of law concerned with those who commit crimes
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2 Conflicting goals

 

Definition

protect the society from criminals

protect the rights of the criminals

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Time frame for warrant
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72-96 hours
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Hot pursuit
Definition
An immediate pursuit by the police such as a car chase
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Miranda vs. Arizona
Definition
The Miranda warning, named after Ernesto Miranda, one of the petitioners in the case, is a list of rights that a law enforcement officer must read to anyone arrested for a criminal act.
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Sources of criminal procedure
Definition
deals with procedures for arrests trails and appeals
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Three areas that dont fall under definiton of search
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plian view

abonded property

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