Billy is in an interrogation room at a police station. He was brought there after being arrested on suspicion of DUI. He was not read his Miranda rights on the side of the road when he was taken into custody and was not read his Miranda rights upon arriving at the station either. The detective who enters the interrogation room is unaware of this information and begins questioning Billy about his whereabouts that evening. Billy mentions that he was at a bar called “The Floating Walrus.” This piques the detectives interest, because a woman last seen at that bar has been reported missing. When the detective mentions her name, Billy breaks down crying and asks for forgiveness. Billy then says her body is in a wooded area about 250 feet behind the bar. The detective leaves the station, heads to that area, and finds the woman’s body; she is dead from a gunshot wound. A gun registered to Billy is lying next to her. Does Billy have a valid basis to suppress his confession?

The standard of proof in a criminal case is ________.

The presidential pardoning power includes the right to commute sentences, remit fines and penalties, and even grant conditional pardons.

Which ONE of the following statements is INCORRECT?

Brazen Blake killed his wife and was serving a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. One day Blake got a new cell mate and did not like him because the cell mate was openly gay. Blake asked to be transferred to another cell block but was denied. One day Blake saw a shovel used by the grounds crew resting up against a wall. Blake grabbed the shovel and hit his cell mate over the head with the shovel causing the cell mate to bleed and need stitches on his head. Blake was charged with battery on a prisoner. Blake’s defense was that his cell mate had made sexual advances at him the night before and the prison denied his transfer. Is Blake guilty of the offense charged?

Offenses motivated by bias against a person’s race, religion, nationality, gender, disability or sexual orientation are termed ___.

Jacqueline sends an email to Patrick, threatening to “spread the word around town” that he is a carrier of a STI (sexually transmitted infection) unless he sends her the $1,000 she needs to pay her gambling debts. Jacqueline may be prosecuted for ___.

Continuing from the facts in the previous question, while questioning a police officer on direct examination, the prosecutors play an audiotape of a phone conversation between Oxford Jack’s wife and her now-deceased brother. This audiotape includes the wife discussing fears that her husband might be a violent man. However, Oxford Jack’s wife is not actually able to appear in person because she has fled the country, fearing for her safety. What is the likely objection by the defense to the playing of the audiotape of the wife and would the audiotape be permitted to be played or not?

Depending on the circumstances, parents who inflict injury on a child or who impose excessive corporal punishment may most likely be found guilty of ___.

Nelly is a bank teller. She has manipulated the bank books by diverting funds belonging to the bank into her own account and has withdrawn those funds. Upon discovery by the bank, she will most likely be charged with ___.