What did the Supreme Court decide in the Giles (2008) decision?
What will be an ideal response?
In Giles (2008), the Supreme Court held that an allegation of wrongdoing did not deprive a defendant of his Constitutional Right to Confrontation under the Sixth Amendment. Since the "reliable hearsay" exception had also been struck down, testimony could not be used against a person at trial if the statements came from the deceased.
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The conflict perspective sees conflict between groups as unavoidable
a. True b. False
What is jurisdiction over the subject matter?
What will be an ideal response?
Both defenses that will be put forth in this scenario can be classified as:
Wilbur and Orville are walking home in a torrential rainstorm. About half a mile from their destination, they spot a tornado heading right for them. They quickly duck into a nearby shed to seek shelter from the storm. The storm ends up taking the roof off the shed, but Wilbur and Orville survive. It turns out that police had video cameras in place to conduct surveillance of this shed, as they believed that child pornography sales were occurring there on a regular basis. Police use this video to identify Wilbur and Orville as suspected purveyors of child porn. Over the next 3 years, police send over 500 mailings to their home address encouraging them to subscribe to a magazine depicting illicit images of children. Finally, on the 501st mailing, Wilbur subscribes. When the magazine arrives, he is arrested for possession of child porn. a. affirmative defenses b. negative defenses c. insanity defenses d. alibi defenses
In California v Greenwood the U.S. Supreme Court felt that the suspect had a reasonable expectation of privacy when it came to his garbage bags
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false