1. Section 5: Knowing Your Rights
UNIT 1 – INTRO TO LAW
Section 5: Knowing Your Rights

2. Amendments That Protect Your Rights
4th Amendment
Search and Seizure; Search Warrants
5th Amendment
Rights of Accused Persons
Right to remain silent
Right to an attorney
6th Amendment
Right to a speedy trial
7th Amendment
Right to a trial by jury
8th Amendment
Bail, Fines, and Punishments
Cruel and unusual punishment
Excessive bail

3. Miranda Rights You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say or do can and will be held against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.
Do you understand these rights I have just read to you?

4. Interactions with Police
“10 Rules for Dealing with Police”
By: Flex Your Rights
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5. Making an Arrest Arrest Warrant Probable Cause Reasonable Suspicion
Court order commanding that the person named in it be taken into custody
Probable Cause
Reasonable Suspicion
Stop and Frisk
Limited pat-down of a person’s outer clothing
Remove any weapons the person might be carrying

6. Search and Seizure Search warrant Affidavit Consent Plain view
A court ordered search of a person or place
Affidavit
A sworn statement of facts and circumstances that provides the probable cause to believe that a search is justified.
Consent
Plain view
Hot pursuit
Vehicle searches
Emergency situations
Border and airport

7. Public School Searches
The 4th amendment only protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
U.S. Supreme Court has granted school authorities broad discretion to search students and their possessions in several situations
Courts allow schools to search student lockers and use drug-sniffing dogs

8. Interrogations and Confessions
Standard police practice to interrogate(ask questions) after an arrest is made
Usually admissions/confessions are made during interrogations and will be used during trial.

9. Self-Incrimination
Suspect has the right to remain silent and cannot be forced to testify against himself/herself
Basic legal principle
The government bears the burden of proof.
Suspects are not obliged to help the government prove they committed a crime or to testify at their own trial.
Using physical force, torture, threats, or other techniques that could force an innocent person to confess is prohibited