Preface |
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Part 1 Introduction to Criminal Evidence |
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History and Development of the Law of Criminal Evidence |
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1 | (17) |
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History of the Rules of Evidence |
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2 | (2) |
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Early Methods of Determining Guilt or Innocence |
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2 | (2) |
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Magna Carta and Habeas Corpus |
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4 | (2) |
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The American Declaration of Independence |
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6 | (1) |
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The U.S. Constitution and the American Bill of Rights |
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6 | (2) |
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Basic Rights Under the U.S. Constitution Today |
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8 | (5) |
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The Presumption of Innocence Until Proven Guilty |
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10 | (1) |
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The Right to a Speedy and Public Trial |
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10 | (1) |
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The Right to an Indictment |
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10 | (1) |
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The Right to a Fair (Not Perfect) Trial |
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10 | (1) |
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The Right to Assistance of Counsel |
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11 | (1) |
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The Right to Be Informed of Charges |
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11 | (1) |
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The Right of the Defendant to Compel Witnesses |
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11 | (1) |
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The Right of the Defendant to Testify or Not Testify |
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11 | (1) |
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The Right of the Defendant to Confront and Cross-Examine Witnesses |
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12 | (1) |
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The Right to Be Free of Unreasonable Searches and Seizures |
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12 | (1) |
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The Right to an Impartial Jury |
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13 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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13 | (5) |
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Important Aspects of the American Criminal Justice System |
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18 | (19) |
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Federalism in the United States |
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19 | (4) |
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Federalism and the Law of Evidence |
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19 | (1) |
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State and Federal Jurisdiction over Crimes in the United States |
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20 | (1) |
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Law Enforcement in the American Federal System |
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21 | (2) |
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The American Adversary System |
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23 | (2) |
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The Adversary System and Battles over What Is Relevant, Reliable, and Competent Evidence |
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25 | (4) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (2) |
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The American Accusatorial System |
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29 | (1) |
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Disclosing Information in the Adversary System |
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29 | (5) |
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29 | (1) |
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The Duty to Disclose Evidence Tending to Show the Innocence of an Accused (The Brady Rule) |
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30 | (1) |
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Lost, Misplaced, and Destroyed Evidence |
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31 | (2) |
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Use of False or Perjured Evidence |
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33 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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34 | (3) |
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Using Evidence to Determine Guilt or Innocence |
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37 | (20) |
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Evaluation and Review of Evidence |
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38 | (1) |
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The Criminal Court Process |
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39 | (1) |
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Pleas a Defendant May Enter to a Criminal Charge |
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40 | (6) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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The No Contest or Nolo Contendere Plea |
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44 | (1) |
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The Conditional Guilty Plea |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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Plea Bargaining or Sentence Bargaining |
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46 | (2) |
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An Offer to Plead Guilty Cannot Be Used as Evidence If the Offer Is Later Withdrawn |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (4) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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53 | (4) |
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Direct and Circumstantial Evidence and the Use of Inferences |
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57 | (28) |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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The Reasonable Doubt Standard |
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58 | (2) |
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Direct Evidence and Circumstantial Evidence |
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60 | (10) |
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The Inference That People Intend the Natural and Probable Consequences of Their Deliberate Acts |
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61 | (1) |
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When Circumstantial Evidence Alone Is Used to Obtain a Criminal Conviction |
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62 | (3) |
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Means-Opportunity-Motive as Circumstantial Evidence |
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65 | (1) |
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Fingerprints and Shoe Prints as Circumstantial Evidence |
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66 | (1) |
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Inferences Drawn from Other Bad Acts or Other Convictions of Defendants |
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67 | (1) |
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Some Inferences Should Not Be Drawn |
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68 | (1) |
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When a Defendant Exercises the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination |
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69 | (1) |
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When the Information Is Protected by the Rape Shield Law |
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69 | (1) |
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When Courts Rule Both Ways on the Cessation of Signature Crimes After a Suspect's Arrest |
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70 | (1) |
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When a Suspect Seeks to Contact a Lawyer |
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70 | (1) |
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Using Direct and Circumstantial Evidence |
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70 | (5) |
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Finding Illegal Drugs in a Motor Vehicle |
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70 | (1) |
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Proving the Crime of Possession of Illegal Drugs with Intent to Deliver |
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71 | (1) |
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Proving Use of the Internet in Child Pornography |
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72 | (1) |
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Proving Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children |
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73 | (1) |
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Proving the Defendant Was the Driver of a Motor Vehicle |
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74 | (1) |
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Proving Corpus Delicti by Direct or Circumstantial Evidence |
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75 | (1) |
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The Sufficiency-of-Evidence Requirement to Justify a Verdict or Finding of Guilt |
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76 | (4) |
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The Use of Presumptions and Inferences |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (2) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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80 | (5) |
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Part 2 Witnesses and Their Testimony |
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Witnesses and the Testimony of Witnesses |
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85 | (26) |
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Qualifications Necessary to Be a Witness |
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86 | (2) |
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The General Presumption That Adults Are Competent to Be Witnesses |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
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Methods Used to Keep Witnesses Honest |
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88 | (1) |
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Credibility and the Weight of Evidence |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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Demeanor as Evidence in Determining Witness Credibility |
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90 | (1) |
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Constitutional Rights of Defendants Regarding Witnesses |
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91 | (3) |
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The Right to Compel the Attendance of Witnesses |
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91 | (1) |
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The Right to Confront and Cross-Examine Witnesses |
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92 | (1) |
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The Defendant's Right to Testify in His or Her Defense |
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93 | (1) |
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Types of Witnesses and Opinion Evidence |
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94 | (3) |
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Ordinary Witnesses and Expert Witnesses |
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94 | (1) |
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Opinion Evidence by Ordinary Witnesses |
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95 | (2) |
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Direct Examination of Witnesses |
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97 | (4) |
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Cross-Examination of Witnesses |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (2) |
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The Requirements of Relevancy, Materiality, and Competency |
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101 | (1) |
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Redirect Examination and Recross-Examination |
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102 | (1) |
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The Role of the Trial Judge |
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103 | (1) |
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Can a Person Who Has Been Hypnotized Testify as a Witness? |
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103 | (2) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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105 | (6) |
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Judicial Notice and Privileges of Witnesses |
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111 | (26) |
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Judicial Notice in General |
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112 | (3) |
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Judicial Notice of Matters of General Knowledge |
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112 | (2) |
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Judicial Notice of Facts Obtained from Sources Such as Records, Books, and Newspapers |
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114 | (1) |
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Scientific and Technological Facts Recognized by Judicial Notice |
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114 | (1) |
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The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination |
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115 | (2) |
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Areas Where the Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination Does Not Apply |
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115 | (1) |
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Recent Examples Where the Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination Does Apply |
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116 | (1) |
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The Attorney-Client Privilege |
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117 | (2) |
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Requirements of the Attorney--Client Privilege |
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117 | (1) |
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Limits of the Attorney---Client Privilege |
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118 | (1) |
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The Husband-Wife Privilege |
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119 | (2) |
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Partnership-in-Crime Exception to the Husband-Wife Privilege |
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120 | (1) |
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When One Spouse Commits Crimes Against the Other Spouse or Children |
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120 | (1) |
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The Physician-Patient Privilege |
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121 | (1) |
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Requirements of the Physician--Patient Privilege |
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121 | (1) |
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The Psychotherapist---Patient Privilege |
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122 | (1) |
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The Dangerous Patient Exception to the Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege |
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122 | (1) |
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The Sexual Assault Counselor's Privilege and Privileges Covering Other Counselors |
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123 | (1) |
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The Clergy--Penitent Privilege |
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123 | (1) |
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The News Reporter's Privilege Not to Reveal the Source of the Information |
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124 | (3) |
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Does the Constitution Give News Reporters a Privilege Not to Reveal the Source of Their Information? |
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124 | (1) |
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The Problem of Leaking Government Information to the Press, or Should Leaking Be Encouraged? |
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125 | (2) |
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Is There a Parent--Child Privilege? |
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127 | (1) |
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The Privilege Concerning the Identity of Informants |
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127 | (2) |
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The Limits to the Informant's Privilege |
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128 | (1) |
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The Government's Privilege Not to Reveal Government Secrets |
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129 | (2) |
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The Privilege Not to Disclose Military or Diplomatic Secrets Vital to National Security |
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129 | (1) |
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The President's Privilege of Confidentiality |
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130 | (1) |
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The Secrecy of Grand Jury Proceedings as a Privilege |
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130 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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131 | (6) |
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The Use of Hearsay in the Courtroom |
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137 | (11) |
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Witnesses and the Hearsay Rule |
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138 | (1) |
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The History of the Hearsay Rule |
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138 | (2) |
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The 1603 Trial of Sir Walter Raleigh |
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139 | (1) |
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Hearsay Rules and the Use of Independent Juries in the American Colonies/States |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (3) |
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What Is an Assertive Statement? |
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140 | (1) |
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Nonverbal Communications Can Be Assertive |
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141 | (1) |
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Conduct That Is Not Meant to Communicate |
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141 | (1) |
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The Hearsay Rule Forbids Only Statements Offered to Prove the Truth of That Statement |
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141 | (2) |
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What Is Not Hearsay? Federal Rules of Evidence 801(d)(1), 801(d)(2), and 801(d)(2)(E) |
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143 | (1) |
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Prior Statement by a Witness |
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143 | (1) |
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Admission by Party-Opponent |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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144 | (4) |
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Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule |
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148 | (19) |
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Hearsay and the Confrontation Clause |
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149 | (3) |
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The Indicia of Reliability Requirement |
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149 | (3) |
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The 2004 U.S. Supreme Court Case of Crawford v. Washington on Testimonial Hearsay |
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152 | (1) |
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``Firmly Rooted'' Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule |
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153 | (6) |
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Excited Utterance Exception |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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Then Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition Exception |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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Statements for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment Exception |
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157 | (1) |
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Use of the Exception in Criminal Trials |
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157 | (1) |
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Regularly Kept Records Exception |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Dying Declaration Exception |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Statement Against-Penal-Interest Exception |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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The Fresh Complaint and the Outcry Rule |
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159 | (2) |
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Modern Hearsay Exceptions in Child Sexual Abuse Cases |
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161 | (1) |
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Have Innocent People Been Charged or Convicted in Child Sexual Abuse Cases? |
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161 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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162 | (5) |
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Part 3 When Evidence Cannot Be Used Because of Police Mistakes or Misconduct |
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167 | (13) |
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The Exclusionary Rule (or the Rule of the Exclusion of Evidence) |
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168 | (1) |
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The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine (or the Derivative Evidence Rule) |
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168 | (3) |
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Exceptions to the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine |
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171 | (3) |
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The Independent Source Doctrine |
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171 | (1) |
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The Inevitable Discovery Rule |
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171 | (1) |
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The Attenuation, or Passage of Time, Rule |
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172 | (2) |
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The Miranda Rule and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine |
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174 | (1) |
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Many States Now Have Two Sets of Exclusionary Rules |
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175 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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176 | (4) |
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Where the Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply |
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180 | (22) |
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The Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply to Evidence Obtained in a Private Search by a Private Person |
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181 | (1) |
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The Exclusionary Rule Applies Only in Criminal Cases |
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182 | (1) |
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The Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply If the Defendant Does Not Have Standing or If No Right of Privacy of the Defendant Has Been Violated |
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183 | (2) |
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Evidence Obtained from Abandoned Property Will Not Be Suppressed |
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185 | (4) |
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Throwaway as a Form of Abandonment |
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185 | (1) |
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Denial of Ownership as a Form of Abandonment |
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186 | (1) |
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Evidence Obtained from Garbage or Trash |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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Expiration of Rental Agreements for Motels and Lockers as a Form of Abandonment |
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188 | (1) |
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Evidence Discovered in Open Fields Will Not Be Suppressed |
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189 | (4) |
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Evidence Discovered in Good Faith or by Honest Mistake Will Not Be Suppressed |
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193 | (2) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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Other Areas Where the Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply |
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195 | (3) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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198 | (4) |
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Evidence Is Admissible If Obtained During an Administrative Function Under the ``Special Needs'' of Government |
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202 | (16) |
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Security Screening at Airports, Courthouses, and Other Public Buildings and Places |
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203 | (1) |
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Fire, Health, and Housing Inspections |
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203 | (1) |
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School Searches on Reasonable Suspicion |
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204 | (1) |
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Drug Testing Without Probable Cause or a Search Warrant |
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205 | (3) |
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Of Law Officers and Other Persons in Critical Occupations |
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205 | (1) |
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Drug Testing on Reasonable Suspicion |
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206 | (1) |
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School Boards May Require Random Drug Testing of Student Athletes |
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206 | (1) |
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School Boards May Require Random Drug Testing of Students Participating in Extracurricular Activities |
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206 | (2) |
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Searches Without Probable Cause or Search Warrants of Closely Regulated Businesses |
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208 | (1) |
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Work-Related Searches in Government Offices (the Ortega Rule) |
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209 | (1) |
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Roadblocks or Vehicle Checkpoint Stops |
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209 | (3) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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Correctional Programs, Hearings, or Requirements That May Cause a Prison Inmate to Incriminate Himself |
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212 | (1) |
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Other Special Government Needs Where Neither Probable Cause nor Search Warrants Are Needed |
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213 | (2) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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215 | (3) |
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Obtaining Statements and Confessions for Use as Evidence |
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218 | (30) |
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Can a Confession Alone Sustain a Criminal Conviction? |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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The Requirement That Confessions and Incriminating Statements Be Voluntary |
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220 | (2) |
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Using Violence to Obtain Confessions |
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221 | (1) |
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The Totality of the Circumstances Test to Determine Whether a Confession or Statement Is Voluntary |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (11) |
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When Miranda Warnings Are Not Required |
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224 | (4) |
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The Public Safety Exception and the Rescue Doctrine as Exceptions to Miranda Requirements |
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228 | (1) |
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The Public Safety Exception |
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228 | (2) |
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Other Cases Concerning Public Safety |
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230 | (2) |
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The California Rescue Doctrine |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (1) |
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Questioning People in Jail or Prison |
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236 | (2) |
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Polygraph Test Results as Evidence |
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238 | (3) |
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The Controversy over Polygraph Testing |
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239 | (1) |
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Polygraph Testing in the American Criminal Justice System |
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240 | (1) |
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Voice Spectrography Evidence |
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241 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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242 | (6) |
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The Law Governing Identification Evidence |
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248 | (21) |
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Evidence Needed for a Criminal Conviction |
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249 | (1) |
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The Problem of Mistaken Eyewitness Identification |
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250 | (3) |
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Using Showups to Obtain Identification Evidence |
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253 | (1) |
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The Importance of Obtaining Prior Descriptions of Offenders |
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254 | (1) |
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Determining the Reliability of Identification Evidence |
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254 | (2) |
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Guidelines to Determine the Reliability and Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification |
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255 | (1) |
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Using Lineups to Obtain Identification Evidence |
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256 | (2) |
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Judges' Rules for Lineups |
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256 | (2) |
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Using Photographs to Obtain Identification Evidence |
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258 | (1) |
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Using a Single Photograph for Identification |
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258 | (1) |
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Obtaining Identification Evidence by Other Means |
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259 | (3) |
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Courtroom Identification of a Defendant |
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262 | (2) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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264 | (5) |
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Obtaining Physical and Other Evidence |
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269 | (32) |
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Obtaining Physical Evidence from the Person of a Suspect |
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270 | (8) |
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Obtaining Evidence and Information by Means of Voluntary Conversations |
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270 | (1) |
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Authority Needed to Make an Investigative Detention (Terry Stop) |
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271 | (1) |
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Searches That Can Be Justified During an Investigative Detention |
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272 | (1) |
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Obtaining Physical Evidence During and After an Arrest |
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273 | (1) |
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Evidence Obtained in Searches Following an Arrest |
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274 | (1) |
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Evidence Obtained During Inventory Searches |
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274 | (4) |
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Obtaining Evidence by Police Entry into Private Premises |
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278 | (6) |
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Authority Needed by Police Officers to Enter Private Premises |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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Search Warrants and Arrest Warrants |
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280 | (3) |
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Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement to Enter Private Premises |
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283 | (1) |
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Obtaining Evidence in Traffic Stops and Vehicle Searches |
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284 | (8) |
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May a Police Officer Stop a Motor Vehicle for No Reason? |
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284 | (1) |
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Obtaining Evidence During Routine Traffic Stops |
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285 | (1) |
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Obtaining Evidence in Searches of Vehicles, Drivers, and Passengers |
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286 | (1) |
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Permissible Searches Under the Motor Vehicle Exception |
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287 | (5) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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292 | (9) |
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Obtaining Evidence from Computers or by Use of Search Warrants, Wiretapping, or Dogs Trained to Indicate an Alert |
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301 | (29) |
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Obtaining Evidence from Computers |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (5) |
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305 | (1) |
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Nighttime Search Warrants |
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305 | (1) |
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No-Knock or Unannounced Entries |
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305 | (2) |
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Anticipatory Search Warrants |
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307 | (1) |
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Sneak-and-Peek Entry Warrants |
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307 | (1) |
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Searches of Computers and Other Documentary Sources |
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307 | (1) |
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Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance |
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308 | (14) |
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309 | (1) |
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Techniques of Lawful Electronic Surveillance |
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309 | (1) |
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Electronic Surveillance and the USA Patriot Act |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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Tactics Used by Suspects to Avoid Electronic Surveillance |
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312 | (1) |
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Situations Where Court Orders Are Not Required |
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312 | (1) |
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Overheard Conversations (Plain Hearing) |
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312 | (1) |
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Undercover Officers May Testify About What Was Said in Their Presence |
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313 | (1) |
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Use of Pocket Tape Recorders and the Crime of Bribery |
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313 | (1) |
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Do Suspects Have a Right of Privacy in Conversations Held in Police Vehicles, Jails, or Other Police Buildings? |
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314 | (2) |
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When One Party to a Telephone Conversation Consents to the Police Listening and/or Recording the Conversation |
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316 | (1) |
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Obtaining Evidence by Use of the Confrontational Telephone Call |
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316 | (1) |
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Using Body Wires or Radio Transmitters |
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317 | (1) |
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May One Family Member Wiretap and Record Telephone Calls of Another Family Member? |
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318 | (3) |
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Appraising the Reliability of Informants' Tips |
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321 | (1) |
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Obtaining Evidence by Use of Dogs Trained to Indicate an Alert |
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322 | (3) |
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Drug and Bomb Detection Dogs |
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323 | (2) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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325 | (5) |
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Part 4 Crime-Scene, Documentary, and Scientific Evidence |
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The Crime Scene, the Chain of Custody Requirement, and the Use of Fingerprints and Trace Evidence |
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330 | (24) |
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Obtaining Evidence from a Crime Scene |
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331 | (7) |
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What Can Police Search for in Premises Where a Serious Crime Has Recently Occurred? |
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332 | (1) |
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Obtaining Evidence After a ``Hot-Pursuit'' Entry into Private Premises |
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332 | (2) |
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Obtaining Evidence in Now-or-Never Exigency Situations |
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334 | (1) |
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Obtaining Evidence in Emergency Aid Situations |
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335 | (1) |
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Defendants Must Have Standing to Challenge the Use of Evidence Obtained from Crime Scenes |
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335 | (1) |
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Protecting and Searching a Crime Scene |
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336 | (1) |
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Crime Scenes Are No Place for a Crowd |
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336 | (2) |
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The Chain of Custody Requirement |
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338 | (2) |
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Failing to Show a Sufficient Chain of Custody |
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339 | (1) |
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Situations Not Requiring a Chain of Custody |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (4) |
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341 | (1) |
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Proving That Fingerprints Were Impressed at the Time of the Crime |
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342 | (1) |
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Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems |
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343 | (1) |
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Fingerprints and the Daubert Test |
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343 | (1) |
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Trace Evidence: The Smallest Things Can Make the Biggest Difference |
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344 | (1) |
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The Example of the Missing 5-Year-Old in Virginia |
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345 | (1) |
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345 | (2) |
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Palm Prints and Lip Prints as Evidence |
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345 | (1) |
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Footprints and Shoe Prints as Evidence |
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346 | (1) |
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346 | (1) |
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347 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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347 | (7) |
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Videotapes, Photographs, Documents, and Writings as Evidence |
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354 | (19) |
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Photos and Videotapes as Evidence |
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355 | (3) |
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When Is a Warrant Needed to Install and Conduct Videotape Surveillance? |
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356 | (1) |
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Where Videotaping Can Be Done Without a Warrant |
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357 | (1) |
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Using Photographs as Evidence |
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358 | (4) |
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Introducing Photographs and Videotapes into Evidence |
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359 | (1) |
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Gruesome Photographs and Videotapes |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (1) |
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Using Documents and Writings as Evidence |
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362 | (7) |
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Using Direct Evidence to Prove That Documents Are Authentic and Genuine |
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362 | (1) |
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Using Circumstantial Evidence to Prove That Documents Are Authentic and Genuine |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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The Best Evidence, or Original Document, Rule |
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364 | (3) |
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The Fourth Amendment Protection of Writings, Records, and Documents |
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367 | (1) |
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The Fifth Amendment Protection of Writings, Records, and Documents |
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368 | (1) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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369 | (4) |
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373 | (23) |
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The Importance of Scientific Evidence |
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374 | (2) |
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The Use of Scientific Evidence |
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374 | (2) |
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The Admissibility of Scientific Evidence |
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376 | (4) |
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What Is Scientific Evidence? |
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376 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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The Use of Judicial Notice for Accepted Scientific Techniques |
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378 | (2) |
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A Few of the Sciences and Scientific Techniques Used in the Criminal Justice System |
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380 | (12) |
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380 | (4) |
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DNA Forensic Laboratories and the Work They Do |
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384 | (2) |
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386 | (2) |
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Ballistic Fingerprinting or Firearm Fingerprinting |
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388 | (1) |
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Sources of Other Scientific Evidence |
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389 | (3) |
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Summary, Problems, LegalTrac Exercises, Case Analysis, Notes |
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392 | (4) |
Appendix A Sections of the U.S. Constitution |
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396 | (2) |
Appendix B Federal Rules of Evidence |
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398 | (14) |
Glossary |
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412 | (6) |
Case Index |
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418 | (4) |
Subject Index |
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