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| Consitution, Statutes, Case Law, Administrative Law |
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| What are the sources of law? |
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| Broad right of states to reguilate health safety, morals and general welfare of residents. |
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| A person is not responsible if, as a result of mental disease or defect, he lacks the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the law. |
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| "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trail, by an impartial jury..." |
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| The process by which a jury is selected |
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| The procedure for gathering evidence and facts from the other party or form outside parties. |
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| Notifying the Defendant of the lawsuit by serving a copy of the complaint and a summons. |
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| Fraudulently appropriating the property of another. |
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| Court order authorizing the police to search a person or a place for evidence of a crime. |
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| The first ten amendments to the constitution. |
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| The power of a court to hear a case. |
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| Willful and malicious burning of a building. |
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| Trustworthy evidence that would cause a reasonable person to believe that tie evidence is likely to be where the search will take place- more than suspicion. |
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| "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issues, upon probable cause..." |
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| Procedural request to a judge for action on an issue of law, before or even during a trial. |
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| Plain view doctrine, open fields doctrine, exigent circumstances, motor vehicle exception, searches incident to a lawful arrest |
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| Exceptions to search warrants |
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| Serious crimes punishable by death (capital offenses) or by imprisonment in prisons or penitentiaries. |
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| The practice of deciding cases with references to prior cases- Latin phrase for "to stand on decided cases." |
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| Wrongful threat of one person induces someone else to commit crimes- such as a threat of serious body harm or death. |
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| "The Congress shall have power... To regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.: |
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| Consent, duress, entrapment, self-defense. |
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| Defenses to criminal activity. |
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| Each branch of government has some power to limit the actions of the other branches. |
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| THe document the sets out the ground for the jurisdiction, the basis of the case, and the relief that the plaintiff seeks. |
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