Exceptions to the hearsay rule include ________.

Continuing from the facts in the previous question, assuming you are the prosecutor, what arguments would you make in aggravation to get the judge to send the defendant to prison?

Which of the following issues are appropriately raised by defendants challenging their convictions on appeal?

The police may use tricks or factual misstatements in an effort to induce a defendant to confess.

The trial of famous football star Oxford Jack Wilson, accused of killing his brother-in-law, is underway. On direct examination, the prosecutor asks a doctor the following question: “As a result of your examination of the DNA evidence found at the scene and the DNA evidence of the defendant, do you have an opinion as to whether they match?” What is the likely objection by the defense to the question asked of the doctor, and will the doctor be able to give her opinion as to the DNA evidence?

Police are permitted to temporarily detain persons for questioning when they have “reasonable suspicion” that criminal activity is afoot.

Three college students who attend a public university share an apartment in Collegetown, USA. Police have heard that three members of the local college’s varsity swim team live there and have all recently failed university-administered drug tests. Police show up at the apartment hoping they can acquire to consent to enter. As they approach the apartment, police see that the landlord is standing outside the door. Police ask the landlord to let them in. The landlord, who is a lawyer, refuses. Irritated, police instead knock on the door. One resident of the apartment is there and allows police to enter. In a common area, police find drug paraphernalia and a small amount of cocaine. They seize this evidence. Just then, a second resident of the home enters and tells police to leave immediately. They do leave, but take the evidence with them. If charged, the student who allowed the police to enter could validly consent to a search of common areas in the home because the search would be:

In developing “drug courier profiles,” police have included ________ as being typical of drug smugglers.

The ________ doctrine holds that evidence derived from other evidence that is obtained through an illegal search or seizure is itself inadmissible.

Under no circumstances may police make a warrantless entry into a home to effect an arrest.