Sccja Legals 1: Questions / Answers

requirements for plain view seizure {Ans: legal entry, incriminating nature of evidence is apparent to PC, contraband is in area where officer is legally present}how can ordinary sensory perception be enhanced {Ans: flashlights, night vision, binoculars, k9 sniffs}Circuit Court {Ans: Court of General Sessions (criminal), Common Pleas (civil). Bond hearings for death penalty}Government defenses to "tainted" evidence {Ans: Independent source, inevitable discovery, and attenuation}warrant exceptions {Ans: search incident to arrest, hot pursuit, stop/frisk, automobile exception, plain view, consent}Types of courts {Ans: summary, family, circuit, SC court of appeals, SC supreme court}