Arrest, search and seizure — MCQs

Using only the supplied client file and legal resources, prepare a persuasive memorandum supporting the motion to suppress Jordan Lee's recorded confession. Address custody, interrogation, invocation of the right to silence, the effect of the later warnings and waiver, voluntariness, and the likely remedy. Acknowledge the prosecution's strongest counterarguments.

Using only the supplied file and legal resources, draft a persuasive argument section for the trial court seeking exclusion of the laboratory certificate unless the prosecution presents the analyst for cross-examination. Address the prosecution's business-record and harmless-error arguments and state the requested relief.

Using only the supplied file and legal resources, prepare a persuasive memorandum for the supervising attorney analyzing suppression of the physical evidence and confession. Distinguish the Fourth Amendment issues from the Miranda issue and recommend how to prioritize the arguments.

A defendant planned to steal electronics from a warehouse. He asked an acquaintance to serve as a lookout, obtained a crowbar, and drove them to the warehouse after it closed. The acquaintance remained in the car while the defendant walked to a rear entrance and inserted the crowbar between the door and its frame. Before damaging or opening the door, the defendant became frightened, returned to the car, and drove away. Police later identified both individuals from security-camera footage. The jurisdiction follows the substantial-step test for attempt and recognizes no statutory abandonment defense. If the defendant is prosecuted for attempted burglary, which of the following is the strongest conclusion?

Police arrested a burglary suspect, handcuffed him, and transported him to the station. Before giving Miranda warnings, a detective asked, "Where did you put the handgun taken during the burglary?" There was no immediate threat to public safety. The suspect calmly answered that the handgun was inside a locked container in his apartment. Police then obtained a search warrant based on information independent of the statement and found the handgun where the suspect had described. At a pretrial suppression hearing, the prosecution concedes that the detective conducted custodial interrogation without warnings but establishes that the suspect's answer was voluntary. Which of the following best describes the likely ruling?

An undercover officer told a buyer that several sealed boxes contained recently stolen laptops. The boxes actually contained inexpensive books owned by the police department. Believing the officer, the buyer paid the requested price, loaded the boxes into a van, and was immediately arrested. The jurisdiction defines receipt of stolen property as intentionally receiving property that has in fact been stolen, while knowing or believing it to be stolen. It defines attempt as acting with the purpose of committing an offense and taking a substantial step strongly corroborating that purpose. The jurisdiction follows the traditional distinction between factual and legal impossibility. Which of the following best states the buyer's criminal liability?