Police have probable cause to believe that a container holds contraband. They see the container being placed in a vehicle. They have no probable cause as to the vehicle itself. To validly search the car for the container and seize the container, the police:
a. must obtain a warrant to search the car.
b. must obtain a warrant for the container.
c. must wait until they have probable cause that the vehicle itself also contains contraband.
d. need no further justification.
d
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Many people suffer from personal crises when their _____________ conflict with their consciences
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
James Earl Ray killed
a. President John Kennedy b. David Koresh c. Martin Luther King Jr. d. Theodore Kaczynski
An offender was granted parole. One of the conditions of her release was that she could not use any drugs while she was on parole. During one of her scheduled visits, the parole officer drug tested the parolee, and found that she was under the influence of drugs. As a result, the parolee was returned to prison. What term describes this action?
A. recidivism B. parole revocation C. determinate sentence D. probation
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Some courts have determined that hands and feet are deadly weapons under statutes defining the offenses of aggravated battery. 2. Because of the age and vulnerability of minors, statutes prohibiting child abuse are strict liability crimes in many states. 3. The common law treated assault and battery as separate misdemeanors with an assault consisting of an offer to do bodily harm to another by using force and violence and a battery consisting of a completed assault. 4. Today all jurisdictions make assault an offense; most classify simple assaults and batteries as misdemeanors, while grading as felonies those perpetrated against public officers or involving more egregious conduct.