In Griswold v. Connecticut , the Court struck down a state law
A) requiring women to seek the permission of their husbands before obtaining an abortion.
B) that banned pornographic literature.
C) that made the use of birth control devices a crime.
D) forbidding the purchase of alcohol on Sunday afternoons.
E) regulating gambling that took place within private residences.
In Riley v. California, a unanimous Supreme Court held that
A) if police fail to knock and announce evidence may still be admissible in court.
B) evidence obtained through police negligence may still be admissible in court.
C) law enforcement can search people's phones just like they might search people's pockets.
D) law enforcement could not search data in someone's smart phone without first obtaining a warrant.
E) if police confiscate materials on the basis of a mistakenly issued warrant, that those materials are inadmissible in court.
The Supreme Court decision United States v. Leon established the good faith exception which allowed
A) the state to introduce evidence at trial if that evidence was seized on the basis of a mistakenly issued search warrant.
B) the state to exempt a person from punishment for a crime if that person did not understand that his or her action was criminal.
C) individuals to publish any material they wish, as long as they believe that material to be factually correct.
D) people to be excused from jury duty if they can demonstrate that they have given their best effort in performing other civic duties.
E) a mistake in securing evidence to be considered neutrally by a jury.
In Mapp v. Ohio, a case that involved the conviction of a woman for possession of obscene material found during an illegal search for a fugitive, the Supreme Court
A) ruled that illegally obtained evidence could be used in state courts but not in federal courts.
B) refused to incorporate the illegal search and seizure protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.
C) ruled that state police were not bound by due process guarantees.
D) extended the federal exclusionary rule to state courts.
E) threw out the conviction.
The exclusionary rule holds that
A) fighting words can be excluded from constitutional protection.
B) a court can order or constrain an action by an individual.
C) evidence obtained from an illegal search and seizure cannot be used in a trial.
D) people who are biased against a defendant may be excluded from serving on a jury.
E) evidence wrongly excluded at trial may not be used in appellate court later.
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