MPTC FINAL EXAM REVIEW
1st Amendment - Answer -Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - Answer -Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the
government
5th Amendment - Answer -The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
8th Amendment - Answer -No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability - Answer -Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-
imposed sanction in a lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional
rights).
Jurisdiction - Answer -The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest
or serve (provided that they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
Reasonable Suspicion - Answer -Specific articulable facts which, when taken together,
would convince a reasonable person to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause - Answer -Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable
person to believe that:
A) A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
B) A specific item subject to seizure will be found
Arrest without a warrant - Answer -A) for a felony in the officer's presence or with
probable cause
B) A crime committed in the officer's presence that amounts to a breach of the peace.
C) Certain misdemeanors committed in the past when arrest is authorized by statute.
D) Certain misdemeanors committed in an officer's presence
Search incident to arrest - Answer -A search of a person and their area of control after
arrest looking for fruits, instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have
been arrested.
Consent search - Answer -When a person waives their 4th amendment rights for
officers to search places where the person consenting has a reasonable expectation of
privacy. CONSENT MUST BE VOLUTARY AND INFORMED!
Plain View Doctrine - Answer -Police may seize evidence of a crime without a warrant
that is in plain view and no reasonable expectation of privacy exists.
Curtilage - Answer -The area immediately surrounding a dwelling
1st Amendment - Answer -Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - Answer -Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the
government
5th Amendment - Answer -The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
8th Amendment - Answer -No excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment
Civil Liability - Answer -Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-
imposed sanction in a lawsuit. (You can be sued for violating a persons constitutional
rights).
Jurisdiction - Answer -The specific geographical area where a police officer can arrest
or serve (provided that they are in uniform or displaying a badge of office).
Reasonable Suspicion - Answer -Specific articulable facts which, when taken together,
would convince a reasonable person to believe that a suspect is involved in a crime.
Probable Cause - Answer -Facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable
person to believe that:
A) A crime has been committed and that the person to be arrested committed it.
B) A specific item subject to seizure will be found
Arrest without a warrant - Answer -A) for a felony in the officer's presence or with
probable cause
B) A crime committed in the officer's presence that amounts to a breach of the peace.
C) Certain misdemeanors committed in the past when arrest is authorized by statute.
D) Certain misdemeanors committed in an officer's presence
Search incident to arrest - Answer -A search of a person and their area of control after
arrest looking for fruits, instrumentalities, and evidence of the crime for which they have
been arrested.
Consent search - Answer -When a person waives their 4th amendment rights for
officers to search places where the person consenting has a reasonable expectation of
privacy. CONSENT MUST BE VOLUTARY AND INFORMED!
Plain View Doctrine - Answer -Police may seize evidence of a crime without a warrant
that is in plain view and no reasonable expectation of privacy exists.
Curtilage - Answer -The area immediately surrounding a dwelling
