Constitutional Law
Course
Correctional
Services
Unit III
History of Crime
and Corrections
Essential
Question
What laws
govern arrest,
search and
seizure, and
guaranteed due
process under
law?
TEKS
§130.297(c)
(6)(E)(F)(G)
Prior Student
Learning
Historical and
philosophical
development of
criminal law
Estimated Time
8 hours
Rationale
Constitutional law encompasses many different rights afforded to citizens of
this state and country. Many of those same rights govern the correctional
system, but only in new criminal proceedings. Students need to understand
the constitutional laws regarding arrest, search, and seizure. They also need
to understand the rights of individuals under the 5th, 6th, and 14th
amendments.
Objectives
The student will be able to:
1. Execute protocols associated with arrest, search, and seizure, using
the statutes set forth by the Fourth Amendment
2. Summarize the rights of an individual being interrogated under the
Fifth Amendment
3. Examine trial, jury, and due process rights
4. Define when a person is under arrest, in constructive custody, and
under restraint
5. Identify the statutory authority or other authority to effect an arrest or
detain another
6. Discuss the advantages of obtaining a search warrant
7. List the major components of search warrant documentation
8. Identify essential components of an affidavit for the issuance of a
search warrant
9. Explore situations in which exceptions to obtaining a search warrant
exist for conducting limited searches
10. Contrast situations in which a search warrant is not necessary to
obtain evidence because there is no expectation of property
Engage
Do an Internet search for the video Arrested, Texas-Style. Prior to class
preview and approve the video. Show the video to the class. Have the
students discuss their thoughts about whether or not it truly was an arrest,
whether or not it was constitutional, and whether or not it was justified.
Review the video again at the end of the lesson to see if students’ opinions
changed. Use the Discussion Rubric for assessment.
Key Points
I. Fourth Amendment – “The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects and against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue but upon
probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly
describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be
seized.”
A. Levels of knowledge chart
1. 0% – No knowledge
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2. 10% – Gut feeling
3. 45% – Reasonable Suspicion
4. 51% – Probable Cause
5. 98% – Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
B. Probable Cause
1. Likelihood that a crime has occurred and that the suspect is
linked to the crime by some means
2. Made of building blocks. The building blocks in and of
themselves may not be enough for probable cause. It may take
more than one of the building blocks to equal probable cause.
a. Flight
b. Furtive act or movement
c. Hiding
d. Attempt to destroy evidence
e. Resistance of officers
f. Admissions or confessions
g. Evasive answers/conflicting stories
h. Unreasonable explanations
i. Physical evidence (latent/voice prints, hair, handwriting,
DNA, guns)
j. Identification of the suspect by a witness
k. Contraband or weapons in plain view
l. Criminal record
m. Hearsay information (anonymous tips)
n. Unusual or suspicious conduct
o. Drug-detecting dogs
p. Police radio broadcast
C. Arrest – a person is arrested when he has been actually placed
under restraint or taken into custody by an officer or person
executing a warrant of arrest, or by a person having authority to
arrest (Criminal Code of Procedure (CCP) 15.22)
1. Elements of arrest
a. Intent
b. Authority
c. Custody (Seizure or detention)
d. Understanding of the subject
2. When and how an arrest can occur
a. An arrest may be made any time of the day or night (CCP
15.23)
b. In making an arrest, all reasonable means are permitted
to be used to affect it. No greater force, however, shall be
resorted to than is necessary to secure the arrest and
detention of the suspect (CCP 15.24)
3. Custody
a. Constructive Custody
i. Confined, imprisoned, in custody
ii. Actual, corporeal and forcible detention of a person
iii. Detention within limits
b. Restraint
i. Control exercised over another
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ii. Certain limits
iii. Subject to “general authority”
4. Authority to arrest without a warrant
a. CCP 14.01 – offense within view
b. CCP 14.02 – offense within view of a magistrate
c. CCP 14.03
i. Felony offense
ii. Breach of peace
iii. Disorderly conduct or other chapter 42 offense
iv. Public intoxication
v. Inchoate offense
vi. Protection (assault)
vii. Family violence (assault bodily injury)
viii. Protective Orders
ix. Prevent theft
d. CCP 14.04 – felony offense, no time to procure a warrant
because the offender is about to escape
D. Show of force and authority
1. Temporary Detention
a. Reasonable suspicion
b. Activity occurring or just occurred
c. Person connected to an activity
d. Limited time
e. Florida v. Royer—this U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled
an investigative stop can last no longer then necessary to
complete the investigation. The scope of the detention
must match the justification.
2. Stops
a. No “fit” time/place
b. Description of wanted person
c. Emotional, frightened, intoxicated
d. Running/furtive movements
e. Loitering/hanging out/lookout
f. Crime scene area
g. Terry v. Ohio, U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that
officers may complete a “frisk” of person’s outer clothing
for safety.
i. Unusual Conduct
ii. May be armed and dangerous
iii. Protection of self and others
iv. Suspicion of crime and weapon to be used
v. Careful pat of outer clothing
vi. Alone and no backup
vii. Emotions or behavior of suspects
E. Searches – prying into hidden places for that which is concealed; it
is not a search to observe that which is open to view
1. 4th amendment
a. Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
b. Protects people, not places
c. By definition, a search involves an invasion of an
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
expectation of privacy (homes, cars, schools)
d. A warrant to search or arrest requires probable cause
Search Warrant (CCP 18.01)
a. Neutral, detached magistrate
b. Probable cause
c. Sworn affidavit
d. Must include
i. Specific offense committed
ii. Specific property to be seized
iii. Property is at the place to be searched
Beyond a search warrant
a. Protective sweep – look everywhere to make sure there is
no one hiding in the building. Any contraband in plain view
during the sweep can be charged to the person
b. Destruction of evidence – if the officers believe that
someone is destroying or is about to destroy evidence,
they may go into areas not included on the search warrant
c. Additional Evidence – discovery of more or possible
evidence in plain view elsewhere on property
d. Hunt for evidence or contraband that, as a result of the
initial search, they believe exists in another location on the
property
Categories of Evidence
a. Fruits of a crime – items or materials removed from a
crime scene: i.e., a TV taken from an electronics store
b. Tools of a crime – items used in the commission of a
crime: i.e., crowbar, screwdriver
c. Contraband – anything that is illegal to possess or is used
in a manner other than intended
d. Mere evidence – items possessed that are illegal but not
known by the person possessing them to be illegal
Search warrant exceptions
a. Persons
b. Vehicles
c. Places
d. Open fields
e. Anything with consent
f. Abandoned property
g. Inventory
h. Plain view
Searches with consent
a. Can be withdrawn at any time
b. Must be given by one with the authority to give consent
c. Can limit the scope of the search
Searches at school
a. Backpack searches
b. Locker searches
c. Vehicles searches
d. Strip searches
e. Use of metal detectors
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f. Use of drug dogs
g. Consent to search
h. To be reasonable a search must be
i. Justified
ii. Reasonably suspected as a law or school violation
iii. Reasonably related to circumstances
iv. Conducted in a reasonable manner
i. Those with authority to do searches
i. Administrators must have reasonable suspicion
including tips, past behavior, and student’s reaction
to questions
ii. Police must have probable cause and a law
violation
8. Search incident to an arrest
a. The arrest must be lawful
b. The search area must be within the subject’s immediate
control
c. Immediately following an arrest
d. To prohibit destruction of evidence
9. The plain view doctrine – Coolidge v. New Hampshire, items in
plain view are seizeable and property can be searched if
intrusion is lawful, discovery is inadvertent, and it is
immediately apparent that the property is contraband
a. The initial intrusion must be lawful or in proper position to
view the property
b. Discovery must be inadvertent
c. Must be immediately apparent that items are evidence of
a crime, contraband, or subject to seizure
10. Exclusionary Rule (CCP 38.23)
a. No evidence shall be admitted into a criminal trial that was
obtained in violation of constitutional rights
b. Mapp v. Ohio – any evidence seized illegally can be
excluded from both state and federal trials
II. Fifth Amendment
A. Grand Jury – an indictment must be returned by a Grand Jury
B. Double Jeopardy – a suspect cannot be tried for the same offense
twice
1. Protections
a. Against a second prosecution for the same offense after
an acquittal
b. Against a second prosecution
c. Against multiple punishments for the same offense
2. Double Jeopardy is lawful when
a. A person is convicted, then appeals to a higher court and
the conviction is overturned
b. A person is convicted and requests a new trial
c. There is a hung jury
d. The person can be tried at the federal and the state level
for the same crime
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C. Self-Incrimination
1. Brown v. Mississippi – the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
evidence from compulsory self-incrimination cannot be used at
trial
a. Facts – there was no evidence other than the confessions
which were brutally obtained
b. Procedural Problem – the confessions were extorted with
violence
c. Court holding – a violation of due process; cannot use
evidence obtained from compulsory self-incrimination
2. Examples
a. Producing an instrument of the crime
b. Admission of a defendant while asserting 4th amendment
rights
c. Use at trial of a defendant’s silence after Miranda
d. Requiring the defendant to appear before the Grand Jury
that indicted him
3. Miranda v. Arizona – the U.S. Supreme Court established
rights that must be presented to persons prior to interrogation
a. Miranda Warning – the right against self-incrimination and
the right to attorney representation
i. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you
say can and will be used against you in a court of
law.”
ii. “You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot
afford one, one will be appointed to represent you.”
iii. “You have the right to terminate this interview at
anytime.”
III. Sixth Amendment
A. Speedy trial – Barker v. Wingo, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to
adopt a strict time line test, i.e., there is no constitutional
requirement to give a defendant a trial within a specified time limit
B. Public trial
1. Purpose – to guarantee that the defendant will be fairly and not
unjustly condemned
2. Rights
a. Distrust of secret trials
b. The general public may not be indiscriminately excluded
from the courtroom
c. May be excluded because of misconduct or overcrowding
C. Trial by jury
1. Purpose
a. Protect against corrupt or overzealous prosecutor
b. Protect against a compliant, biased, or eccentric judge
2. Number of Jurors and Verdict
a. The 12-person jury is a historical accident
b. States may have a jury of less than 12 members
c. Federal juries have 6 members
d. A unanimous verdict in state court is not required by the
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D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
6th amendment
e. A unanimous verdict is only required in federal trials and
Texas
f. a felony jury must have at least 6 jurors and the verdict
must be unanimous
g. Impartial jury
i. No discrimination because of race, sex, creed,
color, religion, or otherwise
ii. Systematic exclusion of a certain race is not
impartial
Trial in the state and the district where the crime occurred
Notice of the nature of the accusation
Confrontation of opposing witnesses
1. Washington v. Texas
a. The defendant wanted the co-defendant, already
convicted of the same crime, to testify at trial under Texas
statute
b. U.S. Supreme Court held that the accused has a
fundamental right to present his own witnesses to
establish a defense
Compulsory process for obtaining favorable witnesses
1. Pointer v. Texas – the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
confrontation is a fundamental right and denial violates the 14th
amendment’s guarantee of due process of law
2. A dying declaration is admissible in court as true and just
testimony
3. Stenographic testimony of a witness is acceptable if the
witness is dead or out of the court’s jurisdiction
4. Must show due diligence through a bona fide actual search for
a witness before evidence previously taken can be read at trial
Assistance of counsel
1. Gideon v. Wainwright
a. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that there is a right to
counsel in all federal cases
b. The 14th amendment requires states to provide counsel
to indigent defendants in all felony cases
IV. Fourteenth Amendment
A. Procedural Due Process
1. Notice of proceedings
2. Opportunity to prepare for a hearing
3. Opportunity to be heard both in presenting one’s claim and in
combating the claim of the opponent
4. A fair hearing
5. The hearing to be before an impartial tribunal
B. Substantive Due Process
1. There must be a proper purpose of the statute
2. There must be no substantial impairment of constitutional rights
3. The means used must be released to the object sought
4. There must be no conflict with valid federal legislation
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5. A criminal statute must be clear so that a person will know what
is required of him
V. Correctional System
A. Fourth amendment – offenders and their property are subject to
search at anytime. Rules regarding search and seizure do not apply
to offenders in a correctional setting
1. Offenders are already in custody and therefore cannot be
arrested
2. No warrant is necessary to search offenders and their property
3. Seizure of anything that is contraband
4. May be charged criminally
5. No right to privacy
B. Fifth amendment
1. Offenders are afforded the same rights regarding selfincrimination and double jeopardy as defendants not
incarcerated
2. Offenders do not have access to Grand Juries unless they are
charged with a new crime
3. Officers are not required to give the Miranda warning prior to
interrogation. It is only necessary for new charges
4. Offenders are given due process in all forms of discipline and
criminal proceedings
C. Sixth amendment
1. Offenders are given the same opportunity for a speedy and
public trial as someone awaiting trial
2. Offenders are afforded a jury in any criminal proceedings
3. Offenders are notified of charges against themselves in both
criminal and discipline proceedings
4. Offenders have the right to confront witnesses and present
witnesses on their behalf
5. Right to counsel
a. Offenders are given the opportunity for counsel if they
cannot afford it during felony criminal proceedings
b. Offenders do not have the right to counsel during
institutional proceedings such as discipline hearings or
parole hearings
D. Fourteenth amendment – offenders are afforded due process
whether it is an institutional proceeding such as a discipline hearing
or a criminal proceeding
Activities
1. Double Jeopardy. Show scene selection #14 video clip from the movie
Double Jeopardy (a similar scene from a different movie may be used
instead). Have students discuss how double jeopardy applies in this
case. They should be able to give a working definition of double jeopardy
based on the clip. Use the Discussion Rubric for assessment.
2. Constitutional Law Review Game. Divide the students into two teams.
Allow one student at a time to answer from the selected team. The
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teammates may not help during the first phase. If the student gets the
answer wrong or does not know the answer, then the question goes to
the other team. Give them ten seconds to collaborate and then a
spokesperson must answer the question. If the second team does not
know the answer, then neither team gets the points. The team with the
most points at the end of the game wins. Use the Constitutional Law
Review Game computer-based presentation to play and assess.
Assessments
Constitutional Law Exam and Key
Discussion Rubric
Individual Work Rubric
Materials
Constitutional Law computer-based presentation
Constitutional Law Review Game computer-based presentation
Arrest warrant sample
Search warrant sample
Double Jeopardy DVD optional
Resources
082052669X, Constitutional Law, Bernard Schwartz, John Attanasio, and
Norman Redlich, 1996.
Arlington Police Department training
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
(TCLEOSE) http://www.tcleose.state.tx.us/
Texas Penal Code http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/
The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Accommodations for Learning Differences
For reinforcement, students can make flash cards to help them remember
the rights of each of the amendments. The numbers 4, 5, 6, and 14 should
be on one set of cards. Then write each of the rights covered under these
amendments separately on another card. Flip through the rights and have
students hold up the flashcard with the correct amendment. Use the
Individual Work Rubric for assessment.
For enrichment, give the students a crime scenario, including a picture of a
house or apartment building. Have students review all of the requirements of
a search warrant and arrest warrant. Let them review the attached copies of
a search and arrest warrant. Have the students write a search warrant or
arrest warrant based on the scenario information given. Use the Individual
Work Rubric for assessment.
State Education Standards
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education
§130.297. Correctional Services (One to Two Credits).
(6)
The student recognizes constitutional laws and laws of
correctional systems. The student is expected to:
(E)
execute protocols associated with arrest, search, and
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(F)
(G)
seizure using the statues set forth by the Fourth
Amendment;
summarize the rights of an individual being interrogated
under the Fifth Amendment;
examine trial, jury, and due process rights;
College and Career Readiness Standards
English/Language Arts
IV. Listening
A. Apply listening skills as an individual and as a member of a group in a
variety of settings.
3. Use a variety of strategies to enhance listening comprehension.
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Name_____________
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Date________
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Constitutional Law Exam
1. ____ Someone has been found not guilty of capital murder. He cannot be tried again for
that crime. What amendment gives this protection?
a. 4th
b. 5th
c. 6th
d. 14th
2. ____ Jurors hearing a court case must be impartial; they cannot discriminate. What
amendment requires jurors to be fair when serving over a court case?
a. 6th
b. 4th
c. 5th
d. 7th
3. ____ All arrests and searches must be legal and require knowledge that a person may
commit or has committed an offense. What amendment protects against
unreasonable searches and seizures?
a. 8th
b. 5th
c. 4th
d. 6th
4. ____ Arrests and searches must contain a certain element. Without it, the arrest and/or
search are invalid. What is required to arrest or search an individual?
a. Reasonable suspicion
b. Probable cause
c. Clear and Convincing evidence
d. Nothing is needed to arrest or search
5. ____ You have a right to have an attorney present with you during any felony criminal
proceeding. What amendment gives you this freedom?
a. 5th
b. 6th
c. 7th
d. 4th
6. ____ Your words can be used against you as evidence. You have the right to remain
silent and do not have to say anything that might incriminate you in a court of law.
What amendment protects you against self-incrimination?
a. 14th
b. 5th
c. 6th
d. 4th
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7. ____ Keeping you in jail for many years while waiting for your court date is prohibited in
the United States. What amendment gives individuals the right to have a speedy
trial?
a. 8th
b. 4th
c. 6th
d. 5th
8. ____ What is the warning (or rights) that officers say to individuals arrested for a
criminal offense prior to interrogation?
a. Arrest warning
b. Judge’s warning
c. Criminal Rights
d. Miranda Warning
9. ____ Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?
a. 14th
b. 4th
c. 5th
d. 6th
10. ____ Which amendment protects against self-incrimination?
a. 5th
b. 6th
c. 14th
d. 4th
11. ____ Which amendment gives the right to an attorney?
a. 4th
b. 6th
c. 5th
d. 14th
12. ____ Which amendment says persons must be indicted by a grand jury?
a. 6th
b. 5th
c. 4th
d. 14th
13. ____ Which amendment gives the right to be tried by impartial jury?
a. 7th
b. 4th
c. 6th
d. 5th
14. ____ Which amendment gives the right to a public and speedy trial?
a. 6th
b. 5th
c. 14th
d. 4th
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15. ____ Which amendment prevents police from forcing a confession?
a. 6th
b. 5th
c. 14th
d. 4th
16. ____ Which of the following is not an element of arrest?
a. Use of force
b. Authority
c. Taking into custody
d. Suspect understands they are arrested
17. ____ Constructive custody is defined as _______________________.
a. Control exercised over another that subjects the person to the officer’s general
authority
b. Investigative detention that lasts only as long as necessary
c. Actual, corporeal, and forcible detention of another
d. A person is taken into custody or placed under restraint
18. ____ Excessive force may be used to make an arrest.
a. True
b. False
19. ____ Which Supreme Court cases says that if an apparent item of contraband is in plain
view, it may be seized?
a. Florida v. Royer
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Coolidge v. New Hampshire
d. Terry v. Ohio
20. ____ Which of the following is not a category of evidence?
a. Plain view
b. Fruits of a crime
c. Contraband
d. Tools of a crime
21. ____ The Exclusionary Rule developed out of which Supreme Court case?
a. Florida v. Royer
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Terry v. Ohio
d. Coolidge v. New Hampshire
22. ____ You may be arrested anytime of the night or day.
a. True
b. False
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23. ____ Which of the following is not an element of arrest?
a. Understanding of subject that they are arrested
b. Officers authority to make the arrest
c. Person must be taken into custody
d. Frisk performed by officer
24. ____ Which of the following is not a building block for probable cause?
a. Physical Evidence
b. Furtive movement
c. Contraband in plain view
d. All are building blocks for probable cause
25. ____ A stop is justified in all circumstances except _______________.
a. An officer doesn’t like the way you look
b. Suspect fits the description of a wanted person
c. Suspect is present in a crime scene area
d. Suspect is running away
26. ____ Which Supreme Court case gives officers the right to “frisk” a person they have
legally detained if the officer believes the person has a weapon?
a. Florida v. Royer
b. Terry v. Ohio
c. Coolidge v. New Hampshire
d. Mapp v. Ohio
27. ____ Which Supreme Court case found that officers may detain you only as long as
necessary to complete their investigation?
a. Terry v. Ohio
b. Coolidge v. New Hampshire
c. Florida v. Royer
d. Mapp v. Ohio
28. ____ A Search Warrant may be issued if the officer has reasonable suspicion.
a. True
b. False
29. ____ A Search Warrant must describe the place to be searched and the property to be
seized.
a. True
b. False
30. ____ What level of proof does an administrator at your school have to have in order to
search you or your property?
a. Mere hunch
b. Probable cause
c. Don’t need any proof, you are at school
d. Reasonable suspicion
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31. ____ Police officers at a school campus must have what level of proof for a search?
a. Do not need any, they are the police
b. Reasonable suspicion
c. Probable cause
d. Mere hunch
32. ____ Which Supreme Court case holds that evidence that is obtained in an illegal
search can be excluded from both state and federal cases?
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Terry v. Ohio
c. Florida v. Royer
d. Coolidge v. New Hampshire
33. ____ If consent is given for a search, that consent can be withdrawn at any time.
a. True
b. False
34. ____ A search of a person or immediate area of control can legally be conducted after
an arrest.
a. True
b. False
35. ____ A search is defined as a prying into open places.
a. True
b. False
36. ____ The 4th amendment protects places, not people.
a. True
b. False
37. ____ Which of the following is not an exception to a search warrant?
a. Open field
b. Anything with consent
c. Private property
d. Inventory
38. ____ Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that self-incriminating evidence cannot be
used against someone who is compelled by force to confess?
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Brown v. Mississippi
c. Terry v. Ohio
d. Coolidge v. New Hampshire
39. ____ Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that there is no constitutional requirement
to give a defendant a trial within a specified time limit?
a. Brown v. Mississippi
b. Washington v. Texas
c. Barker v. Wingo
d. Pointer v. Texas
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40. ____ Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that defendants have a fundamental right to
present their own witnesses to establish a defense?
a. Pointer v. Texas
b. Barker v. Wingo
c. Washington v. Texas
d. Mapp v. Ohio
41. ____ Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that defendants have a fundamental right to
confront witnesses against them at trial?
a. Washington v. Texas
b. Barker v. Wingo
c. Pointer v. Texas
d. Brown v. Mississippi
42. ____ Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that all defendants are entitled the
appointment of an attorney in a felony case?
a. Gideon v. Wainwright
b. Pointer v. Texas
c. Washington v. Texas
d. Brown v. Mississippi
43. ____ Which is not a fundamental right of due process under the 14th amendment?
a. Notice of proceedings
b. A fair hearing
c. A prejudiced jury
d. Opportunity to prepare for a hearing
44. ____ Offenders in a correctional setting can only be searched with probable cause.
a. True
b. False
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Constitutional Law Exam Key
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. A
21. B
22. A
23. D
24. D
25. A
26. B
27. C
28. B
29. A
30. D
31. C
32. A
33. A
34. A
35. B
36. B
37. C
38. B
39. C
40. C
41. C
42. A
43. C
44. B
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Discussion Rubric
Objectives
4 pts.
Excellent
3 pts.
Good
2 pts. Needs Some
Improvement
1 pt. Needs Much
Improvement
N/A
Pts.
Participates in group discussion
Encourages others to join the
conversation
Keeps the discussion progressing
to achieve goals
Shares thoughts actively while
offering helpful recommendations to
others
Gives credit to others for their ideas
Respects the opinions of others
Involves others by asking questions
or requesting input
Expresses thoughts and ideas
clearly and effectively
Total Points (32 pts.)
Comments:
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Date_______________________________________
Individual Work Rubric
Objectives
4 pts.
Excellent
3 pts.
Good
2 pts. Needs Some
Improvement
1 pt. Needs Much
Improvement
N/A
Pts.
Follows directions
Student completed the work as directed,
following the directions given, in order and to the
level of quality indicated
Time management
Student used time wisely and remained on task
100% of the time
Organization
Student kept notes and materials in a neat,
legible, and organized manner. Information was
readily retrieved
Evidence of learning
Student documented information in his or her
own words and can accurately answer questions
related to the information retrieved
*Research/Gathering information (if relevant)
Student used a variety of methods and sources
to gather information. Student took notes while
gathering information
Total Points (20 pts.)
Comments:
19
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