Criminal Procedure Exam Study Guide - Exam Items for the Laws of Arrest, Search & Seizure, Eyewitness Identification & Confession Law

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Criminal Procedure Exam Study Guide - Exam Items for the Laws of Arrest, Search & Seizure, Eyewitness Identification & Confession Law

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This Exam Study Guide is designed to assist you in your study of the laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure, Confession Law and Eyewitness Identification for exam preparation or general knowledge. It consists of hundreds of questions testing your knowledge of the various cases and rules related to modern constitutional criminal procedure. In critical areas, some questions purposely provide a repetitive approach so that your memory and grasp of that part of the subject are solidified.

This Exam Study Guide is designed to assist you in your study of the laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure, Confession Law and Eyewitness Identification for exam preparation or general knowledge. It consists of hundreds of questions testing your knowledge of the various cases and rules related to modern constitutional criminal procedure. In critical areas, some questions purposely provide a repetitive approach so that your memory and grasp of that part of the subject are solidified.

Part 1 provides a comprehensive presentation of exam strategies designed to assist you exam preparation. The theories, concepts and strategies have been gleaned from decades of experience in preparing students for college exams, police entry exams, and promotional exams.

Part 2 consists of the sophisticated exam questions related to the pertinent classical and current judicial decisions which directly impact the day-to-day activity of today’s law enforcement and criminal justice community. The exam items relate to cases from the United States Supreme Court and various federal courts. A few state cases have also been included to demonstrate where states may depart from the federal view.

Police officers, sheriff’s officers and investigators, as well as law school and college students and teachers will find these practice questions to be an invaluable resource for the study of criminal procedure, providing a challenging bank of testing material for the law of arrest, search warrants, exceptions to the warrant requirement, privacy expectations, private searches, regulatory and administrative searches, fire scenes, investigative detentions (stop and frisk), motor vehicle stops, and the good faith exceptions to the state and federal exclusionary rules. Also included are the laws related to interviews, confessions and Miranda, as well as rules and laws related to eyewitness identification.

For your convenience, most references are to Criminal Procedure for Law and Justice Professionals, where a comprehensive treatise on the subjects may be found.

 

PART 1: Exam Strategies

 

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION: ESTABLISH A PROPER MINDSET

1.1. Introduction: Establish a Proper Mindset . . . . . .

Commitment, Conviction and Courage.

Establish and Maintain an “Anything’s Possible” Frame of Mind.

Your “A.P.” Drive Visualization.

        

1.2. Preparation, Study Techniques and Tips

Have a family meeting.

Be prepared to work hard. 

Gather and safeguard your books and study materials

Study schedules

Specific study tips

The preview

Focused reading and study.

Review and reorganize

Test your knowledge with practice test questions

           

1.3. The “Job Description”

Periodically review the job description

           

1.4. Enhancing Memory: Subject Matter Ownership

Acronyms

Mnemonic Devices

 

CHAPTER 2. THE TYPES OF FORMAL EXAM ITEMS

2.1. The Structured “Situational” or “Conceptual” Exam Item.

The “Conceptual” Item

The Conceptual Item as an “Incomplete” Statement

The Conceptual “Hybrid”

The “Situational” Item

The “Situational” Item With “Spin Offs”

Universal Options

 

2.2. Choose the Best of the Given Alternatives

The “Least Intrusive” Alternative

The “Most Reasonable” Alternative

The Option Which is “Half Right” and “Half Wrong”

The Option Which is “Half Right” and “Half Absent”

 

2.3. What Page is the Test Writer On?

 

2.4. Read Question Stems / “Spin-Offs” Before Facts

The strategy

 Associate Language”

 Always Read “Spin-Off” Questions First; Then the Fact Pattern.

 

2.5. Never Add, Delete, Alter or Ignore Critical Facts

“Your Officer Wants to Know”

  Don’t Ignore “Critical Words”

 

2.6. Treat “Two-Tier” Exam Items as “True-False” Questions

 

2.7. Do Not Base Answers on What You Commonly See on the Street

 

2.8. Pay Close Attention to Words that “Qualify,” “Modify” or “Restrict”

“Least Representative”

“Not”

“Each . . . Except”

“Least Correct”

“Odd Man Out”

“The “First Thing”

Your “First Responsibility”

“The First Thing”

 Procedural questions; sequential steps

 

2.9. Watch Out for Words That Are Too Extreme, Excessive or Radical

 Process of Elimination

 “Exception: When Extreme or Radical Language is Appropriate”

 

CHAPTER 3. THE EXAM PROCESS

  • 3.1. Never Leave an Answer Blank . . . .
  • 3.2. Use the Recommended Writing Instrument . . . .
  • 3.3. Right Answer in the Right . . . .
  • 3.4. The “Computer Wavelength” . . . .
  • 3.4. Avoid Changing Any Answer Unless it is Obviously Wrong . . . .
  • 3.5. A Few Miscellaneous Exam Tips . . . .

 

PART 2: Criminal Procedure

Exam Study Guide

Preliminary — Constitutional Issues . . . .

 

Section

  1. The Law of Arrest . . . .
  2. Search Warrants . . . .
  3. Exceptions to the Written Warrant Requirement . . . .

Part 1.................................................................

Part 2.................................................................

  1. Privacy Expectations: Plain View; Open Fields; Abandonment . . . .
  2. Non-Governmental (Private) Searches . . . .
  3. Regulatory & Administrative Searches . . . .
  4. Fire Scenes . . . .
  5. Investigative Detentions; Stop & Frisk; Motor Vehicle Stops . . . .
  6. Independent Source And Inevitable Discovery . . . .
  7. The Good Faith Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule . . . .
  8. Confession Law . . . .
  9. Eyewitness Identification . . . .

 Table of Cases . . . . .

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