Question

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.

Answer 1

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.