Procedural Law
Module 7 Study Guide
What is a remedy?
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What is civil litigation?
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What is a damage suit?
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What is a 1983 Suit?
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
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What does “color of law” mean in the context of a 1983 suit?
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What is a “constitutional violation” in the context of a 1983 suit?
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What does “level of culpability” mean in the context of a 1983 suit?
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What are the “theories of liability” applicable under 1983 suits?
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What is “sovereign immunity”?
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
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What is the “qualified immunity” defense articulated in Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982)?
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What is the Exclusionary Rule? What is its purpose?
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Describe the development of the exclusionary rule and how it was applied to the states.
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
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Describe the Good Faith Exception to the exclusionary rule and where to comes from.
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Describe the Fruits of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine and where it comes from.
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Describe the purged taint exception and the test for it established by the Supreme Court in
Wong Sun v. United States (1963).
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
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Describe the Independent Source Exception and where it comes from.
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Describe the Inevitable Discovery Exception and where it comes from.
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What is an “identification” in the law enforcement context?
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What is “leading” a witness in the context of an identification procedure? What major
cases govern this?
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
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What is a “field identification”? What rules govern this type of identification procedure?
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What is a lineup?
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What rule regarding lineups was established by the Court in United States v. Wade (1967)?
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
What rules govern compelled participation in lineups? Where do these rules come from?
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What is the legal status of “unreliable” identification procedures? How does this effect law
enforcement practice?
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What protocols should be followed when conducting a lineup?
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Describe the right to counsel in regards to lineups.
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
What is a photographic array?
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What protocols should be followed when conducting a photographic array?
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Describe the right to counsel as it applies to photographic arrays.
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What is Hearsay?
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What is a statement under the Arkansas Rules of Evidence?
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
What is a declarant?
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What are Hearsay Exceptions (in general)?
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What is a Present Sense Impression?
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What is an Excited Utterance?
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What is a Then Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition?
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What is a Recorded Recollection?
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.
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Describe the Public Records and Reports exception to the hearsay exclusion.
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Describe the Statements in Ancient Documents exception to the hearsay exclusion.
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Describe the Learned Treatises exception to the hearsay exclusion.
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Describe the Reputation as to Character exception to the hearsay exclusion.
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Study Guide developed by Adam McKee to accompany a lecture series based on the text Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for
Enforcement. Please feel free to distribute unlimited copies for educational purposes.