SOCIOL 2209 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Police Misconduct, Curtilage, Plain View Doctrine
19 Aug 2016
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Informants: aguilar v texas, clarified use of informants, two-pronged test for probable cause, source made clear, reasonable belief informant is reliable, us v harns, exception to two-pronged test a) Informant provides info damaging to self means it is probably true. Identity secret only if assured of confidentiality by officer or reasonably implied assurance: us dept. of justice v landano. Informant"s identity revealed through request made under federal freedom of info. Police interrogation: videotape/audiotape recordings required, benefits at minimal cost, accuracy of confessions and convictions, may involve other activities outside verbal interrogation, physical abuse, brown v mississippi, revolting techniques of justice. Inherent coercion: ashcroft v tennessee, chambers v florida, psychological manipulation, leyra v denno, use of professionals to gain confessions banned, arizona v fulminate, further curtailed techniques, chapman v california, forced confessions automatically invalidated any conviction, state v henderson. Right to lawyer at interrogation: escobedo v illinois, right to have legal counsel during interrogation, edwards v arizona.
