A police officer notices a man looking into a store repeatedly. The man is wearing dark clothing and a hat that is obscuring his face
Additionally, the man's right hand never leaves his right jacket pocket and a suspicious bulge in the same pocket of some sort is evident. Which statement below correctly identifies the officer's constitutional actions? A. The officer may arrest the man for attempted armed robbery.
B. The officer may only continue to observe the man until the man commits a crime.
C. The officer may enter into a consensual conversation with the man but may not search, nor take any action. The man may legally walk away.
D. The officer may conduct a stop and frisk to investigate the intentions of the man. The man may not walk away.
D
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________ is a form of dispute resolution that brings the parties, their attorneys, as well as other professionals together to help reach an amicable settlement, thus avoiding costly litigation in family court.
What will be an ideal response?
______ are required to be either physically or constructively present at the crime scene.
a. Principals in the first degree b. Principals in the second degree c. Accessories before the fact d. Accessories after the fact
When parties must go to trial because they were unable to amicably settle their differences or take advantage of possible resolution through ADR, they would not:
A. Turn over their decision-making power to the court. B. Lose the ability to control their own destinies. C. Know that they are in good hands because the judge knows all there is to know about the case and their situation. D. Wait for the final resolution far beyond the time required for an uncontested hearing.
CASE 6.2 Ethical issues facing prosecutors are very different from those confronting defense attorneys because prosecutors do not represent individual clients. Prosecutors often define their jobs as representing victims of crime and the police, but these are not typically considered to fit under the attorney-client relationship. Rather, the client of the prosecutor is the government, and for this reason prosecutors are given special responsibilities Prosecutors enjoy which kind of immunity from civil liability for everything they do with regard to the core prosecutorial functions of initiating criminal charges and pursuing criminal convictions as the government's advocate?
A. absolute immunity B. comprehensive immunity C. partial immunity D. qualified immunity