So long as law officers, or any other criminal justice personnel, do not use torture or violence to obtain a confession, the Supreme Court has determined confessions may be obtained by non-violent means such as:  withholding food, heat, clothing.

A defendant has been given the Miranda Warning by an officer and elects to assert his 5th Amendment right to remain silent, but at trial, the prosecutor tells the jury that they may infer that the defendant’s choice to remain silent is proof of guilt.

A confession alone will sustain a conviction.

What is meant by “scope creep”?

A CPI or SPI value of less than 1 indicates that the project is over cost or behind schedule.

Which of the following represents the correct order of stages within the project life cycle?

Student athletes have a reduced expectation of privacy, therefore, students participating in sports can be subject to ramdom, suspicionless urinalysis.

Your college evidence teacher, Dr. Wonderful, works for a state community college.  Dr. Wonderful gets very ill and cannot complete his assigned duties.  This, unfortunately, happens, but so long as Dr. Wonderful is not under any criminal investigation, the state, via the community college where the evidence class is being taken, may not search any equipment or records unless Dr. Wonderful provides consent.  The community college can, however, re-assign the class to another qualified instructor. 

This chapter, Evidence is Admissible If Obtained During an Administrative Function Under the “Special Needs” of Government (whew!), lists 5 Learning Objectives.  Which one below is NOT one of those learning objectives?

You’ve see those pesky green stickers on automobiles that have been left on the side of the road, right?  The police put them there with a date and time.  After that date and time have elapsed and the automobile is still there, the cops can tow it.  If they find contraband in the vehicle can they use it in court if necessary?   TRUE:  Yes, the court will let the evidence in NO:  No, the court will suppress that evidence as illegal search and seizure