CTE TEST STUDY GUIDE
Hammurabi Code - Answers- Babylonian king enacted the Code which consists of 282
laws, with scaled punishments "Eye for an Eye tooth for a tooth" Exist on a human-sized
stone stele and various clay tablets.
Night Watch - Answers- Boston Patrol (Keeping the peace, settling minor disputes and
looking for fires). The city actually had both day and night patrols and they operated
separately from each other. The watch standers were equipped with various signaling
devices, including bells, ratchets, and rattles.
Constable Local level individuals who assisted the shire reeve and organized poses to
chase and apprehend criminals? - Answers- Comes Stabuli
Probable cause - Answers- Knowledge, based on facts and circumstances which would
cause a reasonable and prudent police officer to believe that a crime has, or is being
committed, and that the person to be arrested has committed, or is committing a crime.
Reasonable Suspicion - Answers- Warranted suspicion that a person may be engaged
in criminal conduct. Not quite to the level of probable cause. Means that any reasonable
person would suspect that a crime was in the process of being committed, had been
committed or was going to be committed very soon
Investigate - Answers- Carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine
the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth.
1st amendment - Answers- freedom of speech, religion and press
2nd amendment - Answers- right to bear arms.
3rd amendment - Answers- prevent the gov from forcing citizens to shelter soldiers in
their homes
4th amendment - Answers- legal search to search and seize
5th amendment - Answers- Right to remain silent, double jeopardy, Grand jury
6th Amendment - Answers- the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury,
informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, confronted with the witnesses
against him, and the right to counsel.
7th amendment - Answers- right to a speedy civil trial
8th Amendment - Answers- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
, 9th amendment - Answers- gov cant take away rights not listed in the constitution.
10th amendment - Answers- any power not granted to the federal gov belongs to the
state or the people
The Exclusionary Rule - Answers- Mandates that evidence obtained from an illegal
arrest, unreasonable search, or coercive interrogation must be excluded from trial.
Mapp v. Ohio - Answers- Requires the states to recognize the Exclusionary Rule
Weeks v. United States - Answers- created the Exclusionary rule, which makes
evidence inadmissible in court if it is seized illegally. A judge may exclude incriminating
evidence from a criminal trial if there was police misconduct in obtaining the evidence.
Jurisdiction - Answers- the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
911 dispatch - Answers- Receive calls from individuals who need assistance from
Firefighters, Police Officers, and Emergency Medical Services. Must be able to
multitask, Dispatch the appropriate personnel.
Ruiz v. Stelle - Answers- 8th Amendment - Longest case in US History
Overcrowding - particularly the placement of two and even three inmates in cells
designed for a single inmate
Inadequate security - claimed to be the result of too few guards, sometimes resulting in
the handing over of supervision of whole sections of prisons to inmates (known as
"building tenders") who assisted guards
Inadequate healthcare - an insufficient number of professional medical personnel for the
number of prisoners, the use of non-professional personnel to deliver professional
medical care, and limited therapy of for psychiatric patients
Unsafe working conditions - exposure of prisoners to unsafe conditions and lax
enforcement of safety procedures
Severe and arbitrary disciplinary procedures
Fruits of the poisonous tree - Answers- offspring of the Exclusionary Rule. Fruit of the
poisonous tree doctrine was established primarily to deter law enforcement from
violating rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. States that evidence
obtained in violation of the Fourth, Fifth or Sixth amendments cannot be introduced in
court.
A person has a right to appear before a judge or magistrate and hear the charges
against him. This is to prevent the executive from just throwing
people in jail whenever it feels like it. - Answers- The 6th Amendment
Arizona v. Hicks - Answers- outlines the "plain view" doctrine
Hammurabi Code - Answers- Babylonian king enacted the Code which consists of 282
laws, with scaled punishments "Eye for an Eye tooth for a tooth" Exist on a human-sized
stone stele and various clay tablets.
Night Watch - Answers- Boston Patrol (Keeping the peace, settling minor disputes and
looking for fires). The city actually had both day and night patrols and they operated
separately from each other. The watch standers were equipped with various signaling
devices, including bells, ratchets, and rattles.
Constable Local level individuals who assisted the shire reeve and organized poses to
chase and apprehend criminals? - Answers- Comes Stabuli
Probable cause - Answers- Knowledge, based on facts and circumstances which would
cause a reasonable and prudent police officer to believe that a crime has, or is being
committed, and that the person to be arrested has committed, or is committing a crime.
Reasonable Suspicion - Answers- Warranted suspicion that a person may be engaged
in criminal conduct. Not quite to the level of probable cause. Means that any reasonable
person would suspect that a crime was in the process of being committed, had been
committed or was going to be committed very soon
Investigate - Answers- Carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine
the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth.
1st amendment - Answers- freedom of speech, religion and press
2nd amendment - Answers- right to bear arms.
3rd amendment - Answers- prevent the gov from forcing citizens to shelter soldiers in
their homes
4th amendment - Answers- legal search to search and seize
5th amendment - Answers- Right to remain silent, double jeopardy, Grand jury
6th Amendment - Answers- the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury,
informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, confronted with the witnesses
against him, and the right to counsel.
7th amendment - Answers- right to a speedy civil trial
8th Amendment - Answers- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
, 9th amendment - Answers- gov cant take away rights not listed in the constitution.
10th amendment - Answers- any power not granted to the federal gov belongs to the
state or the people
The Exclusionary Rule - Answers- Mandates that evidence obtained from an illegal
arrest, unreasonable search, or coercive interrogation must be excluded from trial.
Mapp v. Ohio - Answers- Requires the states to recognize the Exclusionary Rule
Weeks v. United States - Answers- created the Exclusionary rule, which makes
evidence inadmissible in court if it is seized illegally. A judge may exclude incriminating
evidence from a criminal trial if there was police misconduct in obtaining the evidence.
Jurisdiction - Answers- the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
911 dispatch - Answers- Receive calls from individuals who need assistance from
Firefighters, Police Officers, and Emergency Medical Services. Must be able to
multitask, Dispatch the appropriate personnel.
Ruiz v. Stelle - Answers- 8th Amendment - Longest case in US History
Overcrowding - particularly the placement of two and even three inmates in cells
designed for a single inmate
Inadequate security - claimed to be the result of too few guards, sometimes resulting in
the handing over of supervision of whole sections of prisons to inmates (known as
"building tenders") who assisted guards
Inadequate healthcare - an insufficient number of professional medical personnel for the
number of prisoners, the use of non-professional personnel to deliver professional
medical care, and limited therapy of for psychiatric patients
Unsafe working conditions - exposure of prisoners to unsafe conditions and lax
enforcement of safety procedures
Severe and arbitrary disciplinary procedures
Fruits of the poisonous tree - Answers- offspring of the Exclusionary Rule. Fruit of the
poisonous tree doctrine was established primarily to deter law enforcement from
violating rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. States that evidence
obtained in violation of the Fourth, Fifth or Sixth amendments cannot be introduced in
court.
A person has a right to appear before a judge or magistrate and hear the charges
against him. This is to prevent the executive from just throwing
people in jail whenever it feels like it. - Answers- The 6th Amendment
Arizona v. Hicks - Answers- outlines the "plain view" doctrine
