Match the correct definition to each legal term. Each definition is used only once.

Column A
Arrest
Arrest Warrant
Exigent circumstances
Frisk
Fruit of the poisoned tree
Good Faith exception
Inevitable discovery exception
Interrogation
9.
Plain View Doctrine
10.
Racial profiling
Column B
a. The legal principle that illegally obtained evidence can be admissible in court if police using lawful means would have inevitably discovered it.
b.
The direct questioning of a suspect to gather evidence of criminal activity and to try to gain a confession
C. To deprive the liberty of a person suspected of criminal activity.
d. The legal principle that evidence obtained with the use of a technically invalid search warrant is admissible during trial if the police acted in good faith when they sought the warrant from a judge.
e. Evidence that is acquired through the use of illegally obtained evidence and is therefore inadmissible in court.
A pat down or minimal search by police to discover weapons.
Emergency situations that require extralegal or exceptional actions by the police.
The legal principle that objects in plain view of a law enforcement agent who has the right to be in a position to have that view may be seized without a warrant and introduced as evidence.
i. The practice of targeting people for police action based solely on their race, ethnicity, or national origin.
A written order, based on probable cause and issued by a judge or magistrate, commanding that the person named on the warrant be arrested by the police.

1 answer

Here are the correct definitions matched to each legal term:

  1. Arrest - c. To deprive the liberty of a person suspected of criminal activity.
  2. Arrest Warrant - A written order, based on probable cause and issued by a judge or magistrate, commanding that the person named on the warrant be arrested by the police.
  3. Exigent circumstances - Emergency situations that require extralegal or exceptional actions by the police.
  4. Frisk - A pat down or minimal search by police to discover weapons.
  5. Fruit of the poisoned tree - e. Evidence that is acquired through the use of illegally obtained evidence and is therefore inadmissible in court.
  6. Good Faith exception - d. The legal principle that evidence obtained with the use of a technically invalid search warrant is admissible during trial if the police acted in good faith when they sought the warrant from a judge.
  7. Inevitable discovery exception - a. The legal principle that illegally obtained evidence can be admissible in court if police using lawful means would have inevitably discovered it.
  8. Interrogation - b. The direct questioning of a suspect to gather evidence of criminal activity and to try to gain a confession.
  9. Plain View Doctrine - The legal principle that objects in plain view of a law enforcement agent who has the right to be in a position to have that view may be seized without a warrant and introduced as evidence.
  10. Racial profiling - i. The practice of targeting people for police action based solely on their race, ethnicity, or national origin.