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22 Cards in this Set
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Evidence is considered illegally obtained if....
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it violates the accused's rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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For a statement to be admissible in court..
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it must be proved to be voluntary.
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"cautioning"
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Giving a suspect formal notice of their right to freedom from self-incrimination before questioning begins.
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Evidence may be excluded if it is likely to bring the administration of justice into...
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disrepute.
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Detention short of arrest is also known as...
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investigative detention.
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Situations where warrants are not required:
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a) Search is statutorily authorized.
b) Emergency circumstances exist. c) Search is incident to arrest. d) Person consents to search. |
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Plain View Doctrine
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Accepted legal rule that prohibits warrantless searches unless officer has first discovered illegal evidence in plain view.
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Reasonable Probable Grounds
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A set of facts and circumstances that would cause and otherwise ordinary prudent person to have a strong belief beyond mere suspicion.
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Exigent Circumstances
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Includes the preservation of life or safety or the prevention of immediate loss or destruction of evidence.
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Search Incident to Arrest
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A warrantless personal search that is permitted at the time of arrest.
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Leading question
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a question the phrasing of which "suggests" the answer sought.
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Collaboration between officers...
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- ill-advised.
- suggests lack of truthfulness. |
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Independent recollection
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Officer is able to remember events to which he/she is testifying or repeating what is in the notes.
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Crime scene
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Location where a crime has been or suspected to have been committed.
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Crime scene core
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The immediate location of the crime. Area where criminal action took place.
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Crime scene perimeter
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The area surrounding the core that contains the likely entry and exit paths taken by the suspect(s).
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Securing the crime scene
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protecting from disturbance any potential evidence and controlling access by other parties.
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4 Categories of Sudden death
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1) homicide
2) suicide 3) accidental death 4) death from natural causes |
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Body Temperature
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- drops 2-3 degrees in first hour after death.
- 1-1.5 degrees each hour thereafter. - drops more slowly in obese persons. |
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Rigor mortis
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- caused by enzyme breakdown.
- stiffening of entire body after death. |
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Post mortem lividity
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-Gravity causes blood to settle in lowest areas of the body.
-Turn a deep purple. -Will not change, even if body was moved. |
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Death occurs as a result of 1of 3 mechanisms.
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1) body loses its blood in quantity enough to cause death.
2) heart stops pumping blood. 3) respiration stops. |
