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16rcrc11-PracTst-IntroCrmLw
PRACTICE TEST: Introduction to Criminal Law - converted to flash cards
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06/24/2011

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Identify the rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment (from the Bill of Rights).
Definition
Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
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Common Law in the U.S. is based on laws of what country?
Definition
England
Term
The Federal Constitution establishes 3 branches of government. They are?
Definition
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
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The Bill of Rights has been made specifically applicable to the states through what other amendment?
Definition
14th Amendment
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Identify the rights gauranteed by the following Constitutional Amendment (from the Bill of Rights) in regards to the 6th Amendment.
Definition
Public, Speedy Trial, Impartial Jury and right to counsel
Term
Based on the materials presented in class, one of the main concerns of the delegates who met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to write the present constitution was?
Definition
Balancing a strong central government and state's rights
Term
When the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791, it applied to?
Definition
All state government and the federal government
Term
The U.S. Constitution protects people from ___________ arrests.
Definition
Unreasonable
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Identify the rights guaranteed by the following Constitutional Amendment (from the Bill of Rights). Fifth Amendment.
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Indictment for serious crime, prohibits double jeopardy, self-incrimination, guarantees due process
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Under the Fourth Amendment, a search for evidence must be?
Definition
Reasonable
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