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If the police mistakingly arrest you, you should do everything possible to get away from the officer.
A law enforcement officer may stop a person for a reasonable period of time to question the person and get identification on the basis of a reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity.
The Constitution does not protect people against invasions of their privacy by private individuals.
The correct order of events in the criminal process, assuming that the defendant ends up having a jury trial, are: charges brought, pretrial motions, booking, arraignment, jury selection, initial appearance, and arrest.
If you did commit the crime that you are charged with, you should not tell your lawyer about what you did.
The most independent way to handle complaints about police is though an internal affairs unit.
Police officers who have been issued a warrant to search a one may go immediately to the home, walk through the front door and search.
Police can never lawfully use race as a a factor in deciding who to stop and question for wrongdoing.
Probable cause to arrest means having a reasonable belief that a specific person has committed a crime.
Law enforcement may establish probable cause based on information given by informants if the information is reliable and if the information can be corroborated.
Officers who have a reasonable suspicion that a person is armed and dangerous may do a limited pat-down of the person's outer clothes for weapons.
There is an explicit right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution.
Arrest warrants are required in order to make an arrest.
An arrest is not a seizure under the Fourth Amendment.
Evidence that was illegally obtained cannot be used against a defendant at trial to prove the defendant guilty.
Police officers are not liable for false arrest simply because the person they arrested did not commit the crime.
It is a frequent occurrence for police to use deadly force.
Criminal defendants may be freed at one of many points throughout the criminal justice process.
Federal and state investigations of crime use the same procedures.
Crystals that are ____________ produce two planes of polarized light, each perpendicular to the other.