| A | B |
|---|
| search warrant | judge's order allowing search of specific place for specific things |
| particularity | search warrant states exactly where to search and for what |
| probable cause | facts leading to a reasonable conclustion that a crime has been committed |
| hearsay evidence | testimony relating information told by a second party |
| exigent | emergency circumstances |
| hot pursuit | warrantless search to protect lives of officers and others |
| threshold inquiry | describing the stop and frisk procedure |
| stop and frisk | light pat-down of a suspect looking for concealed weapons |
| search incident to a lawful arrest | warrantless search of the immediate area around the suspect |
| bus sweep | search without probable cause where people check identification and seek consent to searhc |
| plain view doctrine | police seizure of evidence, without a warrant, after observing contraband |
| curtilage | area physically connected to a house |
| public safety doctrine | police questioning of a suspect--without Miranda warnings--to protect police |
| booking | catalouging a suspect's personal information upon his arrest |
| lineup | placing a suspect in a group of people to be identified by a witness |
| exclusionary rule | prohibits using illegally obtained evidence at trial |
| good faith exception | questionably obtained evidence can still be used if police did everything else correctly |
| inevitable discovery rule | illegally discovered evidence is admissable if judge rules it would have been discovered anyway |
