The U.S. Supreme Court in _______ requires that before atrial judge may accept a guilty plea, the judge must inform the defendant of the significanceof the guilty plea
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Boykin v. Alabama
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Suzy is a police officer assigned to the vice squad. On Friday and Saturday nights she dresses in sexy clothing and stands on a street corner where prostitutes are known to congregate. Sam approaches her and offers her $25 to engage in a sex act
She tells Sam to meet her in 15 minutes at a motel room around the corner. Sam says, "You aren't a cop are you?" Suzy just laughs at the question. When Sam gets to the motel room, he is arrested by other vice officers and charged with violating the prostitution statute. Suzy's conduct: A) does not constitute entrapment because she was merely affording Sam the opportunity to commit an offense. B) constitutes entrapment because she did not identify herself as a police officer when asked. C) constitutes entrapment because she dressed in sexy clothing to lure possible customers. D) constitutes entrapment because a reasonable person would assume she was a prostitute not a police officer because she was standing where prostitutes are known to congregate.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Perry v. New Hampshire (2012) held that the issue of whether police used an unnecessarily suggestive procedure is to be judged based on a two-pronged test
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
An officer's subjective, honest belief that a crime has been committed is enough to support probable cause to arrest
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Delinquent children would be considered criminals if they were adults. 2. In the case of Kent v. United States, the Supreme Court said that courts must provide the essentials of due process in juvenile proceedings. 3. In re Winship found that juveniles do not have a constitutional right to a trial by a jury of their peers. 4. When Jack was 16, he killed a classmate. Because he was not tried for the crime until he was 19, the court was able to impose a sentence of death. 5. According to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, status offenders must be deinstitutionalized.