CRJ 123 QUIZZES 1-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
An outcome justified strictly by the facts of the case is considered: - Answers :The
narrow holding
While we often view the Bill of Rights as protecting individual liberties, the founders saw
it as a way to protect the new states against on overly powerful central government. -
Answers :True
From the beginning, the Bill of Rights applied to the States as well as the Federal
Government. - Answers :False
Who delivered the opinion of the Court in Brown v. Mississippi? - Answers :Chief Justice
Hughes
Other than the one death sentence that was commuted by Governor Graves, what was
the longest sentence handed down to the Scottsboro defendants after their case was
returned to Alabama? (Hint: see Notes and Questions after Powell). - Answers :99
years
According to Justice Sotomayor's concurrence in U.S. v. Jones (GPS locator case),
what part of our 4th Amendment law needs to be reconsidered? - Answers :Issues of
third-party information and privacy
According to the Court in U.S. v. Kyllo (thermal imaging case), the government conduct
was a search because: - Answers :The technology was not in general public use
In Smith v. Maryland (pen register case), the defendant: - Answers :Did not have a
legitimate expectation of privacy in information already available to the phone company.
In the Greenwood case (garbage left out on the sidewalk for collection), the Court held
that: (hint: see Notes and Questions after Smith). - Answers :If the coyotes can get to it,
so can the police
In which of the following was police conduct considered to be a search? (Hint: this can
include the cases in the Notes and Questions). - Answers :The placement of a GPS
locator on a car
Prior to U.S. v. Jones (GPS locator case), what test did the courts use to determine if
police conduct was a "search" or not? - Answers :Harlan's two-prong test
The area of property relatively close to a house and to which an owner has made some
effort to limit public access may qualify as: (Hint: See Notes and Questions after Smith).
- Answers :Curtilage
, The case of U.S. v. White (police recording conversations with informants) held that: -
Answers :Defendants do not have a legitimate expectation of privacy in conversations
with those they believe are fellow criminals
Which of the following best describes Harlan's two-prong test in Katz v. U.S. (the phone
booth case)? - Answers :In order for government conduct to be considered a search, it
must violate a person's legitimate expectation of privacy
Which of the following was found to be a search? - Answers :An electronic device
placed on top of a phone booth
In the case of Illinois v. Gates (the anonymous informant about the drug smuggling
couple), the Court overruled the totality-of-the-circumstances test in favor of the more
rigid Aguilar-Spinelli test. - Answers :False
What was the Court's problem with the execution of the search warrant in Lo-Ji Sales v.
New York (search of an adult bookstore)? - Answers :By leading the search party, the
Town Magistrate acted more as a law enforcement officer than a neutral and detached
judicial officer.
Under Richards v. Wisconsin (no knock-entry and execution of a search warrant), the
Court held that police officers are never required to knock and announce their presence
when executing a search warrant in a felony drug investigation. - Answers :False
In Illinois v. Gates (drug smuggling couple), Detective Mader was able to corroborate all
of the information in the anonymous letter. - Answers :False
The two-prongs of the Aguilar-Spinelli test for determining the reliability of an
anonymous informant are: - Answers :Informant's basis of knowledge and veracity.
What happened to the defendants in Brown after their case was remanded back to
Mississippi by the U.S. Supreme Court? (Hint: see Notes and Questions after the case).
- Answers :They accepted plea bargains rather than risk retrial
How long did each of the three "trials" in Powell v. Alabama take? - Answers :1 Day
According to the procedural history described in Powell v. Alabama, who was the lone
justice that dissented (disagreed with the ruling) in the Alabama Supreme Court? -
Answers :Chief Justice Anderson
Which of the following best describes the issue in Powell v. Alabama? - Answers
:Whether the defendants were denied the right to counsel in such a way as to violate
their due process right to a fair trial under the 14th Amendment
Which of the following best describes the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Powell v.
Alabama? (Hint: see p. 21). - Answers :That for defendants in a similar situation to the
An outcome justified strictly by the facts of the case is considered: - Answers :The
narrow holding
While we often view the Bill of Rights as protecting individual liberties, the founders saw
it as a way to protect the new states against on overly powerful central government. -
Answers :True
From the beginning, the Bill of Rights applied to the States as well as the Federal
Government. - Answers :False
Who delivered the opinion of the Court in Brown v. Mississippi? - Answers :Chief Justice
Hughes
Other than the one death sentence that was commuted by Governor Graves, what was
the longest sentence handed down to the Scottsboro defendants after their case was
returned to Alabama? (Hint: see Notes and Questions after Powell). - Answers :99
years
According to Justice Sotomayor's concurrence in U.S. v. Jones (GPS locator case),
what part of our 4th Amendment law needs to be reconsidered? - Answers :Issues of
third-party information and privacy
According to the Court in U.S. v. Kyllo (thermal imaging case), the government conduct
was a search because: - Answers :The technology was not in general public use
In Smith v. Maryland (pen register case), the defendant: - Answers :Did not have a
legitimate expectation of privacy in information already available to the phone company.
In the Greenwood case (garbage left out on the sidewalk for collection), the Court held
that: (hint: see Notes and Questions after Smith). - Answers :If the coyotes can get to it,
so can the police
In which of the following was police conduct considered to be a search? (Hint: this can
include the cases in the Notes and Questions). - Answers :The placement of a GPS
locator on a car
Prior to U.S. v. Jones (GPS locator case), what test did the courts use to determine if
police conduct was a "search" or not? - Answers :Harlan's two-prong test
The area of property relatively close to a house and to which an owner has made some
effort to limit public access may qualify as: (Hint: See Notes and Questions after Smith).
- Answers :Curtilage
, The case of U.S. v. White (police recording conversations with informants) held that: -
Answers :Defendants do not have a legitimate expectation of privacy in conversations
with those they believe are fellow criminals
Which of the following best describes Harlan's two-prong test in Katz v. U.S. (the phone
booth case)? - Answers :In order for government conduct to be considered a search, it
must violate a person's legitimate expectation of privacy
Which of the following was found to be a search? - Answers :An electronic device
placed on top of a phone booth
In the case of Illinois v. Gates (the anonymous informant about the drug smuggling
couple), the Court overruled the totality-of-the-circumstances test in favor of the more
rigid Aguilar-Spinelli test. - Answers :False
What was the Court's problem with the execution of the search warrant in Lo-Ji Sales v.
New York (search of an adult bookstore)? - Answers :By leading the search party, the
Town Magistrate acted more as a law enforcement officer than a neutral and detached
judicial officer.
Under Richards v. Wisconsin (no knock-entry and execution of a search warrant), the
Court held that police officers are never required to knock and announce their presence
when executing a search warrant in a felony drug investigation. - Answers :False
In Illinois v. Gates (drug smuggling couple), Detective Mader was able to corroborate all
of the information in the anonymous letter. - Answers :False
The two-prongs of the Aguilar-Spinelli test for determining the reliability of an
anonymous informant are: - Answers :Informant's basis of knowledge and veracity.
What happened to the defendants in Brown after their case was remanded back to
Mississippi by the U.S. Supreme Court? (Hint: see Notes and Questions after the case).
- Answers :They accepted plea bargains rather than risk retrial
How long did each of the three "trials" in Powell v. Alabama take? - Answers :1 Day
According to the procedural history described in Powell v. Alabama, who was the lone
justice that dissented (disagreed with the ruling) in the Alabama Supreme Court? -
Answers :Chief Justice Anderson
Which of the following best describes the issue in Powell v. Alabama? - Answers
:Whether the defendants were denied the right to counsel in such a way as to violate
their due process right to a fair trial under the 14th Amendment
Which of the following best describes the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Powell v.
Alabama? (Hint: see p. 21). - Answers :That for defendants in a similar situation to the
