Deck 9: Questioning Suspects

Question 1

The _______________ Amendment protects against self-incrimination.

A) 4th
B) 5th
C) 6th
D) 8^th

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A confession must be _______________ if it is to be admissible.

A) free and voluntary
B) given under the hope of leniency
C) given under duress
D) all of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The case of __________________ changed the procedures for questioning suspects.

A) Gideon v. Wainwright
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Rochin v. California
D) Terry v. Ohio

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Miranda warnings include the _______________.

A) right to remain silent
B) right to an attorney
C) right to judicial arraignment
D) both a and b

Question 5

In order for the Miranda doctrine to take effect, a suspect must be ______________.

A) in a police car
B) handcuffed
C) in custody
D) all of the above

Question 6

A suspect receives the Miranda warnings but confesses anyway. That suspect has instituted a ____________.

A) coerced confession
B) voluntary confession
C) waiver
D) both b and c

Question 7

Questioning must cease when a _____________.

A) suspect states he or she wants to answer no more questions
B) suspect invokes his or her right to counsel
C) suspect professes innocence
D) both a and b

Question 8

An officer unlawfully searches an individual's residence. The officer finds an illegal handgun. The officer reads the individual the Miranda warnings, and the individual then confesses that he is the owner of the handgun and that he used it in a robbery. This confession will be inadmissible based upon the _______________ doctrine.

A) illegal search
B) coerced confession
C) fruit of the poisonous tree
D) both a and b

Question 9

The case of ______________ applied the right to counsel to all felony cases.

A) Miranda v. Arizona
B) Gideon v. Wainwright
C) Mapp v. Ohio
D) Powell v. Alabama

Question 10

If an offender asks for an attorney, when must the police stop questioning and provide an attorney?

A) in 24 hours
B) in 1 hour
C) immediately
D) there is no rule

Question 11

An individual confesses to a crime. There is no other evidence of the crime occurring. The police have not:

A) corroborated the confession
B) established stare decisis
C) established the corpus delicti of the crime
D) both a and c

Question 12

An offender gives a voluntary confession to a private citizen. This confession is ______________.

A) inadmissible in court
B) admissible in court
C) unconstitutional
D) both a and c

Question 13

An officer does not give an offender the Miranda warnings. However, any confession could be admissible at court if the ________________ exception is fulfilled.

A) public safety
B) reasonable suspicion
C) probable cause
D) Terry stop

Question 14

An officer asks an individual a question. The individual is freely walking down the street. The individual answers the question and confesses to a crime. The confession was ruled admissible even though the officer didn't read the Miranda warnings because the individual was ____________.

A) unable to procure an attorney
B) not in custody
C) in a public place
D) guilty

Question 15

An officer can use coercion to get a confession when the:

A) offender is clearly guilty
B) offender is will not answer any question
C) offender is accused of a serious crime
D) officer can never use coercion to get a confession

Question 16

A confession must be free and voluntary before it is admissible in court.

Question 17

An officer informs an offender that the offender's accomplice has given information that makes the offender look guilty. The offender confesses. However, the officer lied, and the accomplice never gave the above information. The confession is admissible in court.

Question 18

An officer applies a pressure point hold to an offender until the offender confesses. The confession is admissible in court.

Question 19

If an officer tells any lie or deceives an offender in any way and that offender confesses, the confession is automatically inadmissible in court.

Question 20

The Miranda warnings include a warning about the exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment.

Question 21

The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine is related to the Fourth Amendment and the exclusionary rule.

Question 22

Individuals have a right to an attorney only if they can afford to pay for one.

Question 23

The Supreme Court applied the right to counsel to all felony trials in the case of Powell v. Alabama.

Question 24

Police are questioning a suspect. The suspect states, "I want an attorney." The police continue to question the suspect before procuring the suspect an attorney. The questioning is unconstitutional.

Question 25

The police have no duty to advise someone of his or her right to counsel when arresting them.

Question 26

There are no constitutional limitations on the use of "cellmate informants."

Question 27

After an arrest, a police officer cannot delay arraignment specifically for the purpose of prolonging an interrogation.

Question 28

The Sixth Amendment guarantees both the right to a speedy trial and the right to counsel.

Question 29

Private individuals acting on their own authority are bound by the Miranda doctrine when questioning an offender.

Question 30

A suspect confesses. The confession was illegal. The suspect then confesses again. The second confession will most likely be illegal also.