NILEA CRIMINAL LAW EXAM 2026 | PRACTICE
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Federal civil rights act -Allow the police to be criminally, prosecuted, or
can be sued civilly when they act in a way that
violates peoples constitutional rights or act
unlawfully.
-Examples, police officers acting reckless or callous
way, or with evil or ill intent if they violate someone's
constitutional rights.
, Is a valid arrest warrant, sufficient NO; the fourth amendment has drawn affirm line at
authority to enter the home of a third- the entrance to a residence. Without exigent,
party to search for the person named circumstances, or consent of the threshold may not
in the arrest warrant when you do not reasonably be crossed without a warrant.
have consent and you do not have -remember: to arrest the subject of a warrant in the
exigent circumstances, even though residence of a third person, a search warrant, in
there is reasonable belief that the addition to the arrest warrant, should be obtained in
wanted person is there? order to protect the rights of the third person,
unless consent is obtained, or exigent
circumstances, such as fresh pursuit exits.
without a search warrant: evidence found in the third
person's home during the arrest, may not be
admissible in a prosecution against the person.
Understanding when an officer can Tennessee v. Garner; unless exigent circumstances
use deadly force: apply, only reasonable force is necessary to seize a
fleeing misdemeanor.
officers can only resort to deadly force if there is
probable cause that the suspect has committed a
felony and is a threat to the safety to the officer or
to the public.
A fourth amendment seizure occurs when a person
fleeing the police is in fact, stopped by the very
means set in motion or put in place by the police to
accomplish the stop: Whether it is a bullet, a
roadblock, or some other means.
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Terms in this set (91)
Federal civil rights act -Allow the police to be criminally, prosecuted, or
can be sued civilly when they act in a way that
violates peoples constitutional rights or act
unlawfully.
-Examples, police officers acting reckless or callous
way, or with evil or ill intent if they violate someone's
constitutional rights.
, Is a valid arrest warrant, sufficient NO; the fourth amendment has drawn affirm line at
authority to enter the home of a third- the entrance to a residence. Without exigent,
party to search for the person named circumstances, or consent of the threshold may not
in the arrest warrant when you do not reasonably be crossed without a warrant.
have consent and you do not have -remember: to arrest the subject of a warrant in the
exigent circumstances, even though residence of a third person, a search warrant, in
there is reasonable belief that the addition to the arrest warrant, should be obtained in
wanted person is there? order to protect the rights of the third person,
unless consent is obtained, or exigent
circumstances, such as fresh pursuit exits.
without a search warrant: evidence found in the third
person's home during the arrest, may not be
admissible in a prosecution against the person.
Understanding when an officer can Tennessee v. Garner; unless exigent circumstances
use deadly force: apply, only reasonable force is necessary to seize a
fleeing misdemeanor.
officers can only resort to deadly force if there is
probable cause that the suspect has committed a
felony and is a threat to the safety to the officer or
to the public.
A fourth amendment seizure occurs when a person
fleeing the police is in fact, stopped by the very
means set in motion or put in place by the police to
accomplish the stop: Whether it is a bullet, a
roadblock, or some other means.
