Briefly summarize the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth U.S. Constitutional Amendments.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers are as follows: The Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fifth Amendment gives the right to grand jury indictment and protects against double jeopardy and compelled self-incrimination. The Eighth Amendment protects against excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments. The Fourteenth Amendment protects against any state depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
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RICO defines ____________ as any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, or dealing in narcotic or other dangerous drugs, which is chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year
a. racketeering b. conspiracy c. corruption d. forfeiture
The criminal defense of "duress" is associated with acts in which the individual admits committing the criminal act but is not liable
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In Wyoming v. Houghton, concerning the search of a passenger's purse for drugs based on probable cause that drugs are in the vehicle, SCOTUS declared that: a. if police know or should know that a passenger owned the purse they cannot search it
b. the passenger can prevent the search by identifying the container as his or hers. c. the police must seize the purse or other container until they get a search warrant. d. the police may inspect passengers' belongings that are capable of concealing the object of the search.
Which of the following is NOT one of the "legal functions" of the law?
a. protect b. punish c. legislate d. prevent harm