LSTD 400 Final Exam Answers

LSTD 400 Final Exam Answers

Question 1 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
The main reasons for misidentification include: I. the brain does not record accurately what the eye sees. II. the police may use improper suggestive identification measures. III. memory loss between the original event and the identification procedure. IV. look-alike suspects. V. recall.
A. a. I, II, III, IV, V

B. b. I, II, III, V

C. c. II

D. d. II, III, IV, V

Question 2 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

____ lineups reduce the power of suggestion and reduce the possibility that the witness will pick the person who most resembles the perpetrator:
A. a. Sequential

B. b. Simultaneous

C. c. Blind

D. d. Photo

Question 3 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

In using deterrence as the justification for excluding valid evidence, the Court weighs:
A. a. the evidence of guilt against nature of the constitutional violation.

B. b. the social costs against the deterrent effect.

C. c. a and b

D. d. neither a nor b

Question 4 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

Which exception holds that illegally seized evidence can be introduced a trial if the officials’ law breaking behavior did not cause the seizure of the evidence?
A. a. the attenuation exception

B. b. the independent source exception

C. c. the inevitable discovery exception

D. d. the fruit of the poisonous tree exception

Question 5 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

The deterrence rationale for the exclusionary rule:
A. a. is based on the idea that courts need to be discouraged from using illegally seized evidence.

B. b. is concerned with deterring judges who issue bad warrants.

C. c. is no longer the primary justification for the rule.

D. d. is based on the belief that excluding good evidence because it was illegally obtained send a message to law enforcement.

Question 6 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

In Weeks v. U.S., a 1914 case involving the illegal entry and search of a home, the Supreme Court: I. reversed Week’s conviction. II. made the U.S. unique in excluding good evidence from court because of the manner in which it was seized. III. applied the exclusionary to both federal and state law enforcement. IV. applied the exclusionary only to gambling cases.
A. a. I, II, III, IV

B. b. I, II, IV

C. c. I, II

D. d. I

Question 7 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

According to Pinder v. Johnson, involving a lawsuit by a mother against police officers and others for the death of her children in a fire:
A. a. the due process clauses create an official duty to protect life.

B. b. a duty to protect life can arise when the state restrains citizens from acting on their own behalf.

C. c. an affirmative duty to protect life can never arise on the part of government officials.

D. d. government action can never create a duty to protect life.

Question 8 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

People who sue the government or its officers under section 1983:
A. a. are usually successful.

B. b. are usually successful if the violation was extreme.

C. c. are rarely successful.

D. d. are usually successful because juries do not believe police officers tell the truth.

Question 9 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

Internal review of police misconduct involves:
A. a. review of misconduct by civilians.

B. b. review of misconduct by a special team of officers in the department.

C. c. review by a special master appointed by the court.

D. d. review by officers in another police department.

Question 10 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

After grand jurors are sworn in, they are charged by the:
A. a. prosecutor.

B. b. judge.

C. c. clerk of court.

D. d. foreman.

Question 11 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

The prohibition against double jeopardy attaches:
A. a. at arrest.

B. b. after indictment or being bound over following a preliminary hearing.

C. c. when the first witness testifies.

D. d. at different times for judge and jury trials.

Question 12 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points

If a defendant’s constitutional right to a speedy trial is violated:
A. a. the charges against the defendant are dismissed.

B. b. the time the defendant spent in jail awaiting trial is deducted from his sentence.

C. c. the court determines the point at which the trial should have commenced and deducts from the sentence the period of time between then an