Case Example: Officer Roy Altie responds to a call to investigate a purse-snatching（抢包） incident. The officer learns from the victim that the culprit ...
22. What Does It Mean to “Waive“ My Miranda Rights? Suspects “waive“ （give up放弃） their Miranda rights by talking to police officers after having been ...
Empty Promises Police officers' promises of leniency are usually empty. Police officers may recommend a light sentence, but at the end of the day ...
· Suspects who are in custody are psychologically vulnerable. Many suspects are intimidated by jail conditions, and talk in order to please the jailer...
25. If an Officer Arrests Me and Asks Me About the Whereabouts of Any Weapons I Might Have——Before Giving Me the Miranda Warning——Can My Response Be A...
27. Besides Miranda, Are There Other Restrictions Placed on the Police When They Seek Information from an Arrested Person? Yes. Confessions that are d...
Chapter 2—Search and Seizure: When the Police Can Search for and Seize Evidence The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution places limits on the pow...
28. How Do Intoxication or Mental Limitations Affect the Voluntariness of a Confession? Very little. Defendants often ask judges to rule that their co...
Unfortunately for privacy itself, the Fourth Amendment does permit searches and seizures that are considered to be reasonable. In practice, this means...
How Can an Illegal Search Affect My Criminal Case? In Mapp v. Ohio （1961）, the Supreme Court established what has come to be known as the “exclusionar...