Describe the requirements for seizures made under the plain view doctrine and identify one of its limitations.
What will be an ideal response?
Plain view is a legal principle that allows officers to make a warrantless seizure of an item if four criteria are met: (1) the item is positioned so as to be detected easily by an officer's sight, (2) the officer is legally in position to notice the item in question, (3) the discovery of the item is inadvertent, and (4) the officer immediately recognizes the illegal nature of the item.According to the Supreme Court, an item is not in plain view if law enforcement officers need the aid of technology to "see" it.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Imagine you are a defense attorney in the middle of jury selection. Your client is a Black male who is being charged with the murder of a White female. You notice that the prosecution has eliminated two potential jurors who are Black males. Based on the prosecution's questioning, you believe they have eliminated these jurors for good reason (from their standpoint). However, you are considering making a Brady challenge, because you think, based on those juror's responses, would help your case. It could look like the prosecution was eliminating them due to race, even though you don't really believe that's what happened. What do you do, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements about the Fifth Amendment is true?
A. Witnesses granted immunity cannot take the Fifth. B. Prosecutors can argue that a defendant’s decision to take the Fifth is evidence of wrongdoing. C. Judges may instruct jurors to consider a defendant’s refusal to take the witness stand and deny guilt under oath. D. all of these
_____ was the founder of the Ku Klux Klan
a. William Pierce b. William Potter Gale c. Nathan Bedford Forrest d. Richard Butler